My life is a complicated …
Alright its not so complicated, or exciting for that matter, but its a great story for an ordinary guy like me to have. I’m 33 going on 50, married, ruled by a conflicting yet imaginative and over-dramatized sense of adventure and resonsibility. I have three wonderful ladies in my life…Marianne – my wife and Cecilia and Melanie – my daughters. I’m an Orthodox Christian convert from a Baptist childhood (I know, right?) and went through many years of drug addiction and self-discovery (plus many different religions and “spiritualities”). By my late 20′s, I was all done being stupid and ready craving to settle down with a family, faith, religion, structure and routine.
I’ve been in the culinary field for almost seven years and a family man for just as long. I didn’t know my whole life that I wanted to cook. I never had a mother who was as skilled as Pierre Herme’ at her pies, like some chefs. Matter of fact, her food was …edible. I survived and that’s the important thing. I’m just a guy who has too much passion and not enough wits to hold down a job if he doesn’t truly enjoy it. If you don’t like something, why do it for a living? I live by my heart and if I see something I like, I’m crazy enough to reach for what others call “the impossible”.
This blog is whatever I want it to be, including a place to vent and write, and an over-detailed job history of my career as an underpaid, undiscovered, talented chef who has become a house husband almost over night. (Which is why I’m on a blog in the first place.) I have found a new love in writing. I have always wanted to have the time to write, and always had ideas for stories. When I was very young, I thought one day I might become a writer. In this blog, I have a way to express that side of myself.
If you are silly enough to read more, please enjoy my version of a kitchen confessional…
P.S. Like I said, I’m 33 yrs. old and have had enough jobs for two people already! Here’s a quick list…
Bowling Alley Janitor
Pool Supply Retail Clerk
Roofer – I don’t know what I was thinking because I hate hieghts
Aphalt Repair Guy – “slurry” is the nasty stuff you coat driveways and parking lots with
Pharmaceutical Sales Distribution - that’s all I’m gonna say about that one
Home Weatherization Tech. – we hung solid doors and replaced weather stripping
Tattoo Apprentice
Body Piercer
Glass Blower
Windows, Granite and Tile Lacky
Prep Cook
Line Cook
Lead Cook
Sous Chef
Chef de Cuisine
Executive Chef
Cooking School Instructor – love this job
Restaurant Consultant – still working on this one
