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Introducing myself (T.N.Cheshire)

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Hello,

I'm never sure if one must introduce oneself on forums. I really like this one, however. I stumbled upon it a couple of days ago and plan to hang around for a while.

I'm pretty well traveled but I'm from New Orleans, where I spent most of my youth and adulthood and also became a Chef. I was on vacation in Costa Rica when Katrina hit. Having nothing to return home to, I ran a couple of restaurants in Nicaragua over the next few years, until the Sandanistas were re-elected and I was relocated to South Florida.

I ran some restaurants and worked at some in Miami as the recession hit. During the recession found work directing a food bank, partly because I wanted to help and partly because the restaurants were serving garbage and closing left and right.

In the last 3 years I became ill and eventually fully disabled. No longer able to perform restaurant work, I now occupy myself with writing about food and cooking.

Yes, I feel like a human ping pong ball in a dystopian world occasionally.

As I said, I recently stumbled upon this site when I was looking up rafts for clarifying demi-glace and was really interested right away. I'll probably lurk around for a while when I'm not writing (I can't exist without working constantly) but here this is if anyone is curious. -TN

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suzilightning

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welcome, TN. can't wait to hear more of your adventures.  Been to your hometown twice but at that time was more interested in the history of the area than the food though we did eat at the tourist food destinations - Arnaud's and Brennan's.

I admire your commitment to working with those who need more help....

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Glad to have you here. No better place to learn to be a chef, I'd think, than NOLA. About my favorite food city. What kind of restaurants in Nicaragua? I know nothing of the food scene there.

 

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