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by Buck Reed
The

Supermarket

Gourmet

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First off, let me say the internet is that I decided a long time ago I
a wonderful tool. At no time in the wanted to do. The fact that someone
history of the world has information didn’t like my specialty dish doesn’t
been so readily available for anyone change any of that. You think your
who has access to it. Not only can life is hard, try doing it on the cruise
we find out the current number of ships. The fact that it is hard doesn’t
aardvarks at the zoo in Cleveland, mean I love it any less.
Ohio, but we can also find out what The next suggestion was a treatise
Sally Scofield of New Banger, Maine, on cooking your next meal in the
thinks of her neighbor’s blueberry dishwasher or under the hood of
crumble if the old dear decides she your car on the drive home. I can’t
wants us to know. And one thing I really do 500 words on “don’t do
know about Sally, she loves to share that.”
these things. One girl wanted me to write about
Looking up facts can be a tricky being a female in a professional
endeavor on the internet, and unless kitchen. Until I go the Bruce Jenner
Snopes starts verifying the actual route, I really have no frame of
number of vegans there are on the reference for this material.
planet, you pretty much must rely on Many suggested I write about
what your fellow bloggers are saying. Anthony Bourdain. It is a topical
But if you are two days from deadline subject, but I never really related to
and need an idea on what to write his. He was an angry man who had
about, the internet might be helpful. a lot of demons. His story is a good
You can read through a few articles example of no matter how much
that seem to be trending and try to success or riches you might have
get an idea there. What you do not in life, if you do not conquer your
want to do is go on Facebook and get demons, that success is not going to
into your Learning Chef page and ask help you much.
them for ideas. I did get a few ideas that might
The Learning Chef page is a work, and you might see them here
pretty good one as far as sites go. It soon if I can flesh them out. But I
is made up of both professional and would like to hear your ideas for
amateur cooks, looking to improve this column. Please write to me at
their art by sharing ideas as well as [email protected]. I
information. Unlike most pages for promise if I reject them, I will not
pro chefs, it doesn’t degrade into dedicate an article to them.
rants of self-important line cooks
complaining about the know-nothing
owners and the uncouth customers
who just don’t understand how much
Parmesan foam is going to make your
dish a hit. The customers have Yelp
to rant, and we have Facebook pages
to retaliate. These guys are usually
good with ideas and criticism and
that is why I had no problem asking
them for ideas. And they are good
ideas, but just not for me.
One aspiring chef wanted me to
write an article that would explain
the life of a line cook and the trials
they deal with on a daily basis. I
rejected this idea immediately, under
the notion that I do not want this to
become a rage page for something