Duct Tape Kitchens

There are nicely outfitted professional kitchens, there are duct tape-and-twine kitchens, and there is little, in my experience, in between. I have worked in both types in my short and unglamorous career and while both do have their charms, I find that I have an unexpected, but quite clear, preference. Give me the duct tape [...]

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A Different Sort of Cooking

      Remember that bit about my loving food too much to make it for a living? Though this is true as far as I understand the restaurant business (and myself), it’s been shelved. I work in a bakery. It is local, of a reasonable not-small-but-quite-not-large size, and puts out very respectable goods. I work on a [...]

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An ode to (comfortable) Shoes

Your feet – my feet – are so important. Take a moment to examine the size and shape of your feet in relation to the rest of your body. Little feet, big person. I have always appreciated my feet. True, I do have a debt to repay to them – many childhood years of ill-fitted [...]

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