Line Cook Chronicles

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I saw this and got to thinking...
Jul 13, 2021 • 
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Chef Ramblings
Random musings from a middle aged chef
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Random Thoughts While Riding the Train
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I am a line cook
Mar 24 • Mark Mendez
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A typical day isn't typical
Mar 23, 2022 • Mark Mendez
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Vera
Oct 21, 2021 • Mark Mendez
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Vera
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Chef Ramblings
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What's happening?
Jan 19, 2022 • Mark Mendez
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Asparagus
Musings on a special ingredient
May 31 • 
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I am a line cook
Every day I write a list Iced coffee, check resos, ibuprofen Dice, cut, sear Roasting bones, bending over, twisting Mistreated back protests, keep going…
Mar 24 • 
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Potluck Dinners
The 70s were different.
Feb 20 • 
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Creativity that Inspires
Things I find inspiring.
Jan 17 • 
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Pegao
Puerto Rican Rice Recollections
Jul 17, 2024 • 
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Beans, Beans, the magical fruit.
A case study in humility.
May 30, 2023 • 
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A typical day isn't typical
Random notes on random thoughts.
Mar 23, 2022 • 
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Line Cook Chronicles
Line Cook Chronicles
Food essays, stories about working in a professional kitchen, and various meanderings of a chef without a kitchen.
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