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Will be moving to Chicago this month, does anyone have recommendations of places to live within the North & Northwest areas? My job is in Wheeling as a cook in a restaurant that is opening up soon.

Well, I had a week plus of superb gluttony in many regards while in NYC. It truly is a great town but was quite displeased with how fashion oriented everything had to be.

I ate at many many good restaurants, both cheap and expensive. There was marvelous street food and coffee/pastry shops galore. By far, that trip was the longest run of excellent wines I've...
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I am looking forward to a trip to NYC for the International Chef's Congress, where I will be able to eat some good food and see some cool things!

Have a new job in a restaurant that is not that great, but at least it is doing something a bit more active and I am not planning on being there that long. Sometimes I wonder...
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I have recently returned from a family trip to the Seattle area, where I had a wonderful time away from the humidity with family. Unfortunately, it was not the best trip for food, since some of our restaraunt meals were sub-par. There were good family meals with pleasant conversation and the usual catch up.

The backpacking was exquisite as usual, and I finally hiked along...
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"It's so easy to turn people to the Light or the Darkness, but they're happiest of all when they're allowed to be themselves." Sergei Lukyanenko

I know that I could feel myself swinging either before, but it took me a while to figure out to do what I enjoy instead of waiting for something to occur. Feel free to check out the fantasy thread I...
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"Where I come from, the meal is the result of reflection and study. Menus are prepared in advanced, timed to perfection. It is said, without the culinary arts the culinary arts, the crudeness of reality would be undearable." Kate & Leopold

A phrase of beauty and truth is well worth remembering. I made a very pleasant mouse with blackberry puree swirls a while which everyone...
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Nothing much new, and I don't really feel like writing .

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Anonymous

Not all the time. I got a desk whore job recently, where I stare at a computer screen for most of the day, and the last thing I want is look at another one for an extended period; which is making an honest job search difficult.

", . . . it is necessary for men to understand, and be able to see, that through various symbols the same redemption is revealed." Joseph Campbell

There are generally many ways to do different things, but I can understand that one may prefer to do it one way. However, it is really unnecessary to force others into a "totalitarian" path and look down on...
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"After all, not knowing how to cook, is like not knowing how to fuck." Robert Rodriguez

I guess that this puts me in a little better standing, since I've worked in fine dining restaurants for about six years. I still have a great passion for cooking, and I would be happy to cook a meal for/with anyone.

Food is such an important element, and the...
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"Of course, your don't want the world populated only with dinosaurs;but it's a terribly good thing to keep some of them alive." Nick Mason

It has been quite a long time since my last entry, and I apologize about the delay to those few who actually read mine.

There is much to be said for tradition. Various traditions have shaped our lives, made us curious...
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"In war, there is no salvation." Virgil

I wrote a lengthy entry, but through a fault of my own erased it, and I do not feel like attempting to re-write it. So, I apologize to you viewers and hope you are able to find entertainment some where else.

Beautiful naked women come to mind for some reason, ... !?