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[daytime dave]

Dan, you need to share some recipes in here.

[PT7]

Which one? Paul Smith's is supposed to be very good.

I went to the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.

DanAtHenry,

I just read your answer to DD's question on which culinary school. Interesting & fun how small a world it is. My brother graduated from CIA, and has worked in the field ever since. Started as a master chef in Chicago area at a couple of exclusive restaurants, e.g. East Bank Club (some pics below), St. Charles Country Club, and Arnie Morton's near-north side Chicago main restaurant. I ate at Arnie's one time, and found out Frank Sinatra had been a regular there. The place was beyond the ritz for me, but being the brother of the head chef, it was a great evening of food & drink. His wife and I have the same birthday, so it was a fun treat & birthday present. I also visited the East Bank Club (right on the river in Chicago), and there was a "picnic luncheon" held in The Grill and Fruit Bar. I think the plain-Jane hamburger I enjoyed was a regular menu item with the price tag of $17.95 for a single! Glad the condiments weren't extra!

My brother also had his own bakery/pastry business for a while. That I really enjoyed! Right now he is out of the demanding work hours of cooking and public dining, and is a Professor teaching in the Culinary Arts & Hospitality Program at Elgin Community College west of Chicago.

Man, can he serve some fantastic meals! I can't even begin to describe some of the dishes I've had, which he has prepared. Our family get-togethers were simply "an event" when he was in charge -- even a backyard barbeque had so many meat choices, it was hard to decide!! Fun times. My tongue thanks you very much for bringing up those tasty memories.

I'm getting hungry even at this late hour....

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