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I am not a fan of Black Friday shopping! The last thing I want to do the day after Thanksgiving is shop! As far as I’m concerned Friday is the best day of the entire Thanksgiving weekend, especially if I can spend it at home. I love Thanksgiving; it has always been my favorite holiday. […]

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When we’re kids we eat the food our family eats. All families have particular eating styles, and foods they’re accustomed to. It’s the sort of thing we’re unaware of  until we start to venture out, and notice things like Patty’s mom cuts the crusts off her sandwiches, or Beth’s mom gives us French fries with […]

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I woke on a Monday in April, 1965 on a strange new planet. No one had come to wake me for school, and I’d had a restless night, waking twice, each time going into my parents’ room, and finding the bed made, and no one there. Both times I called downstairs for them, the first […]

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  I am not great at goodbyes, and the time has come for me to say goodbye to an old friend. Not an actual friend, but a kitchen friend, a friend that’s been with me for many years, a friend I’ve written about before. It is my old, well used, and well loved Brookstone Theater […]

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One year ago today I sat down and composed my first blog post for The Chef’s Last Diet. I have always dreamed of writing, and suddenly I had the time and the motivation to get started. I had just read Gary Vernaychuk’s book Crush It, on the recommendation of a friend, and then had a […]

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