Mie ‘N Yu’s Tim Miller finds way to blend love of anthropology with cooking Now a self-described “old hand” at running the kitchens at Georgetown’s exotic Mie ‘N Yu restaurant with its Silk Road theme, Executive Chef Tim Miller has been ensconced in its kitchens since the doors first opened eight years ago. But long before that, pursuing the kitchen life seemed remote to young Miller, an anthropology student who worked during the summertime as an archeologist.

“I went on some really cool digs,” he said. “I worked in the British Virgin Islands on Caribbean Indian archaeology with the University of London, where we had several significant finds. But when I graduated, I knew I would only have contract jobs unless I got a masters or a Ph.D.”