As a professional chef directing a kitchen at a private club, I have certain perks. For instance, I rarely work weekends. Many times, I get holidays off. That said, we still get busy. Really busy! But I’ve mentioned that before, haven’t I? Forgive me,...
Yes I am endeavoring to cut back on social networking. Facebook. Twitter. The latest, Posterous. But it’s fun when you see old friends, army buddies, and meet new food oriented people like, well, a lot of your readers. Recently, such networking reconnected me...
Holidays… package holidays of the packaged kind, Majorca here I come, caramba! -John Cooper Clarke (The Bard from Salford) Yes I am knee deep in Christmas holly, roast suckling pigs, smoked salmon and the lot. Can’t complain, yet this holiday seems odd...
It’s not as if my vacation was long enough. It wasn’t. At least it doesn’t seem so to me, even between wonderful visits to San Francisco and Istanbul. Most people I know considered me nuts for cooking throughout both trips taken within that vacation....
