When I spent an hour reading (and salivating on) the whole thread, the context I got was Nathan ribbing his friend Steven A. Shaw a.k.a. "Fat Guy" by highlighting a few instances where he did not appear to be the fearless founder of one of the best food/cooking communities on the web.

"Ferran Adria is going to ascend to the ultimate expression of the culinary arts: he's going to become a food blogger. Actually he's going to become more like Nathan M.: head of a kitchen lab and creator of dishes, without a restaurant."

-FatGuy