Chef English Major

Chef English majorAt first he cooked just to survive, but then cooking became a way to thriveAT FRST HE COOKED JUST TO SURVIVI& m TO THKftNOBODYcan tell you nothing, my dad used to say to me. He was actually well edu­cated but regularly used a remnant of rural bad grammar for emphasis. The off-the-wall arrogance that allowed me to become a novelist and poet didn't pan out in the kitchen, and it has taken me nearly 50 years to become a consis­tently acceptable cook.There are obvious and somewhat...