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Happy First Day of Spring! Today’s the Vernal Equinox, Northern Hemispherically speaking, so naturally I can’t stop thinking about this fertile season’s symbols: eggs. Bear eggs, that is. Not the eggs of bears, which do sound like an illegal Chinese…
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I’m proud to have worked in and called Alaska my home this year. Before I arrived, like most people Down South, I’d never tasted much less cooked moose. Alaskans are just as serious about food as we are in Chicago,…
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The Year of the Ox has been a lucky one for my family already. Before it even started. The Chinese Lunar New Year starts today, but about two weeks ago we hit it big. WE WON A TRIP TO SHANGHAI!…
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Tony and I at Calumet Fisheries. (Tony: “I said I was going to wear the sunglasses, black top, and jeans!” – photo courtesy of the fabulous Diane Schutz/Travel Channel) I’m on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations tonight, Monday, February 2, at…
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Geisha boys. An Eric Ripert, Anthony Bourdain, and Laurent Gras triple-decker beef-daddy sandwich. In the private tatami room at L20. Do Tony and Eric look a little wasted? They are completely. I had to drive back to the hotel. Come…
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Happy First Day of Spring! Today’s the Vernal Equinox, Northern Hemispherically speaking, so naturally I can’t stop thinking about this fertile season’s symbols: eggs. Bear eggs, that is. Not the eggs of bears, which do sound like an illegal Chinese…
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