The Laughing Chef
The Laughing
Chef’s
aspirations are to live life well, according to three
ingredients – good folks, good food, good drink. Although he has
typically paid the bills through work as a journalist, he
considers his identity tied to how he fits into the world around
him. An advocate of
Thoreau’s philosophy of “Simplify, simplify, simplify,” The Chef
gave up the car a year and a half ago and hasn’t had a credit
card in his name for more than a decade. He is happy to report
that he is generally happier and has a much easier time making
ends meet for it. In addition to
working for newspapers, he has also worked in retail and served
four years as a sailor in the United States Navy. He currently
resides in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., where he raises a son, has a
freezer full of food courtesy his summer garden, and was
recently named to the board of directors of his local
cooperative grocery store. |
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