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The Sounds of Food

One of the columnists I read regularly in the Chicago Tribune is Barbara Brotman.  I enjoy her articles, but one from a few weeks ago brought me to tears.  It was about a local Chicago woman named Marsha who is going deaf.  She began slowly losing her hearing as a child, and now over age fifty, she […]

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The Time I Almost Had Lunch With Paul Prudhomme

I’m sure many of you recognize this cookbook and author.  Paul Prudhomme put Cajun-Style cooking on the map.  At the peak of his popularity, he was THE chef everyone wanted to meet and interview.  Back in 1986, the Chicago Tribune decided to run a contest, where they asked readers to send in a recipe for gumbo.  The […]

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Letters To The Editor

I enjoy reading letters to the editor sections in newspapers and magazines.  It’s always interesting to read what others are thinking about, giving opinions, or just venting.  Two recent letters in the Chicago Tribune caught my eye.  One was a real heartbreaker for anyone who loves family recipes.  The writer expressed that her mother had passed away a few months […]

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The Remarkable Journey of Bernard Clayton, Jr.

If you are a bread baker, you already know the name Bernard Clayton, Jr., because he composed the finest and most celebrated bread cookbook of all times, “The Complete Book of Breads”  published in 1973, followed by “The New Complete Book of Breads” published in 1987.  He also wrote,  The Breads of France, The Complete Book of […]

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