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Alchemist

By Alchemist
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Alchemist

Alchemist

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I recall that this term means "getting sh*t" done in the kitchen regardless of the circumstances, but can't be sure where I read it. Bourdain? Ruhlman?

Any ideas?

A DUSTY SHAKER LEADS TO A THIRSTY LIFE

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daisy17

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Alchemist, we know that you're working 22 hours a day opening the best bar Chicago's ever seen, but I really expected more from you. :raz:

System D, Nasty Bits, Tony Bourdain - "The ability to think fast, to adapt, to improvise when in danger of falling "in the weeds" or dans la merde . . . " Or, as one French chef put it, MacGyver.

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