Field Notes
Stories, recipes, reflections, and observations from the road and the kitchen.
Pull Up a Chair
By: Chef Tom French
When I turned seventy, something unexpected happened. I wasn’t looking for another career. I wasn’t trying to reinvent myself. And I certainly wasn’t sitting around wondering what I was going to do with all my spare time. I simply realized there were still stories I hadn’t told.
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In the Beginning
By: Chef Tom French
In the beginning there was catfish, cornbread, strawberry shortcake and barbecue. At least that’s how I remember it. I was born into what could politely be called an awkward family arrangement and spent my earliest years being raised by my grandparents in rural Arkansas.
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