Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Food & Drink / Food Chain New Chef on the Blog
Posted by Mike Sula on 01.13.09 at 05:07 PM
Joining Phillip Foss and Laurent Gras is Hugh Amano, a former sous at Uncommon Ground who is now blogging about life as an unemployed chef at Food on the Dole. So far, out of four posts it's been fun to watch him veer between idle depression and bright optimism as he makes meatballs, bread, and refried beans.
To wit:
One thing that comes with unemployment is time. Lots of time. And one thing that comes with Chicago in the winter is snow. Lots of snow. Snow + Time in real life could be very exciting. It means sledding and snow men and skiing and log cabins. Snow + Time + No Income, on the other hand, means stir craziness. I mean, this is basically what happened in The Shining. Ice, snow, lots of quiet, and slowly ticking clocks. Add weird spirit happenings and an axe and it gets ugly.
SO, I had to get out of the house today. I called my friend up, and cleverly convinced him that we needed to make sandwiches.
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Hey! No fair! I've been unemployed longer and you haven't featured my blog (http://cookingandeatinginchicago.blogspot.com/) Seriously, though...nice find. I've bookmarked it. Us unemployed chefs need to stick together!
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I can think of another you can add... and if truth be told, there are several you could take off that seem to be defunct for more than a year or two.
Yes, thank you. We are on it. If anyone would like to suggest a blog for the updated Food Chain blogroll, please email the URL to restaurants@chicagoreader.com
Someday I will publish my email exchanges with Hugh. He is brilliant, funny and knows himself and his craft. Have a glass of redrum for me Mr. Amano!
Hello, I have an opportunity to hire a chef, who wants to help start up a coffee house/catering business. We have a spot and hope to open mid summer. If anyone is interested send a resume. Need someone asap who can help start up a kitchen for catering and has an interest designing italian, and southern comfort foods. Thanks, Lynn
Hello, I have an opportunity to hire a chef, who wants to help start up a coffee house/catering business. We have a spot and hope to open mid summer. If anyone is interested send a resume. Need someone asap who can help start up a kitchen for catering and has an interest designing italian, and southern comfort foods. Thanks, Lynn
Hello, Lynn again, The coffee house/catering business will be located in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
Hello looking for a chef to help me provide catering to my customers in the western suburbs.It would be a on call situation..Help create menus for my
clients.. Barbara
