Staff Profile
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| Tom Siegel | ||
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The best part of my job is: Helping others create and understand new cuisines.
The hardest part about my job is: Staying focused on one task. The strangest job I’ve ever had was: Polishing Al Gore’s grapes. My refrigerator always contains: Curry and mole pastes. My favorite meal is: Changes with the wind: paella, cassoulet, banh xeo, chanka nabe, pierogies, most of all any food in its very prime and prepared simply. The best restaurant I’ve ever eaten at was: Olivers in Calgary Canada. People tell me the celebrity I most resemble is: Diego Rivera.
In my spare time, I like to: Daydream about fishing and eating my way around the world. Sigh. People are often most surprised to find out that I: If I told you then it wouldn’t be a surprise. The living person I’d most like to have dinner with is: Fred Richards (my apprenticeship chef). The last good book I read was: “Sons of the Shaking Earth, The Anthropology of Mesoamerica”. My favorite movie is: National Lampoon Christmas Vacation. On television I never miss: Lost. My car stereo is almost always tuned to: My Spanish audio CD. Five things I can’t live without: My wife (she may read this), my dog, great scenery, Food Lover’s Companion (book), fly rod. |
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