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Chef Richard, legendary Chicago chef who has helmed Frontera Grill for over a decade, personally made me a torta, after I pestered him with a few middle of the night requests. It was a Torta Arabe, with pork, spicy green chile and cooling yogurt, amazing. Chef even used a secret technique to keep the bread… Continue reading The Richard James
Etta and I loved this charming old school Northwoods breakfast joint. The woman who waited on our table kept the restaurant open a little later in the afternoon than normal to accommodate an elderly couple visiting from Wausua. Turns out she is the owner who also lived in Wausua, and they reminisced about the early… Continue reading Lake Placid Inn
Im reading books about the history of the Yucatan because we are going there in July. During Raven Beauty's training, I used the Maya as a metaphor showing the importance of building on tradition at Xoco. The Mayan writing system of glyphs was phonetic-based and could be used to express any thought, just like English.… Continue reading Popol Vuh