Daniel Griffiths, Jake Loeffler, and Sam Kalkut — the chef/partners at Paffuto in Bella Vista — are three such young daredevils. For them, a simple bowl of soup frankly would not do.

One thing chef Evan Snyder has not been working on lately are recipes. They have been locked in for two years, since Snyder hit the collaborative-dinner circuit with such chefs as Alex Yoon of Little ...