It's official...

Today I am closing The Memphis Culinary Academy - after 22 years. Divesting myself of a bunch of accumulated debris and moving, with books (lots!), kitchen equipment, a small wine stash and a few pieces of treasured antiques to a small town in wine country near Portland, OR. (Those of you in the area be warned!)

I'm already setting up cooking classes in Portland and may be developing a restaurant in a nearby community as well.

This is the first Internet mention.

Good luck Chef...tis a far better place you go, I hope. I hope this doesn't mean that you will be too busy getting your feet back on the ground for you to check back in here.

All the very best wishes on your move, Chef. Please keep in touch. Regards, Bob

Whoa--big move! Keep us posted on your new activities.

Best of luck,

-Paul W.

Good Luck Chef!

Please keep us current on contact info. My very best wishes and hopes for you.

I have never even met you but through your posts. Still, best of luck on your new endeavor. I am excited for you.

rwj

Congratulations, Chef! Much happiness and success to you.

If you run into any of my fellow textile artists out there, say "hey" for me! There are a bunch in that area.....

near Portland, OR. (Those of you in the area be warned!)

Hey, you're only two hours away! Could you maybe move further south? Thank you....

[James Roscoe]

near Portland, OR. (Those of you in the area be warned!)

Hey, you're only two hours away! Could you maybe move further south? Thank you....

With both of you only two hours apart I figure there will be some kind of time-space warp problem out in the Pacific Northwest. Jenise, you might think about moving. There are already enough gas deposits out there.

Best of luck, Chef!!! Please do keep us up on how things go.

(Y'know, Portland would make an excellent in-between meeting place for those in NorCal and those in Washington. I'm just sayin'...)


Mike

Never too late to go through some ch-ch-changes, Chef!

Keeps you alive and kickin, instead of the alternative.

Whereabouts is this small town close to Portland?

I have folks up in Portland and the Salem area, so I'm up there fairly often. Plan on retiring in that area (the Willamette Valley) within a few years. What with global warming, I figure it will be warm and tropical there by then.

Good luck! Let us know your address. I'm up in Portland rather frequently.

Who knows? Maybe later in the year, when my son returns from Iraq and is stationed at Ft. Lewis, I could go to the PNW to see him and we could all have some sort of get-together.

[Jenise]

Chef! Their loss, our gain. Welcome to the PNW. And don't forget to bring the cats.

Never too late to go through some ch-ch-changes, Chef!

Keeps you alive and kickin, instead of the alternative.

Whereabouts is this small town close to Portland?

I have folks up in Portland and the Salem area, so I'm up there fairly often. Plan on retiring in that area (the Willamette Valley) within a few years. What with global warming, I figure it will be warm and tropical there by then.

Out by Amity, smackdab in the middle of wine country.

Come April I'll be doing a series of classes at store in Portland called "In Good Taste" So, anybody in the area...enroll early, they only take 16 people in each class.

http://www.ingoodtastestore.com/

Chef! Their loss, our gain. Welcome to the PNW. And don't forget to bring the cats.

Trying to figure out a way to bring Fatso. The girls will be moving in with my sons.

Congratulations, Chef! Much happiness and success to you.

If you run into any of my fellow textile artists out there, say "hey" for me! There are a bunch in that area.....

Yeah, I know one or two who are passable.

Please keep us current on contact info. My very best wishes and hopes for you.

You're not going to escape me that easily!

near Portland, OR. (Those of you in the area be warned!)

Hey, you're only two hours away! Could you maybe move further south? Thank you....

My agents are already observing your daily activities.

Best of luck, Chef!!! Please do keep us up on how things go.

(Y'know, Portland would make an excellent in-between meeting place for those in NorCal and those in Washington. I'm just sayin'...)


Mike

Thanks, Mike. Yeah, Portland's a pretty spiffy place, too.

Best of luck, Chef!!! Please do keep us up on how things go.

(Y'know, Portland would make an excellent in-between meeting place for those in NorCal and those in Washington. I'm just sayin'...)


Mike

Perhaps a dinner at The Heathman Hotel?

Best of luck, Chef!!! Please do keep us up on how things go.

(Y'know, Portland would make an excellent in-between meeting place for those in NorCal and those in Washington. I'm just sayin'...)


Mike

Perhaps a dinner at The Heathman Hotel?

Sounds great! And as long as nobody warns the folks at the Heathman, they'll never know what hit 'em.

BTW, I made the individual Wellingtons as per the recipe in Chef on Fire. They were wonderful. The recipe I used a few years back didn't include the foie gras, and that was a definite improvement. Great stuff!


Mike

Best of luck, Chef!!! Please do keep us up on how things go.

(Y'know, Portland would make an excellent in-between meeting place for those in NorCal and those in Washington. I'm just sayin'...)


Mike

Perhaps a dinner at The Heathman Hotel?

Sounds great! And as long as nobody warns the folks at the Heathman, they'll never know what hit 'em.

BTW, I made the individual Wellingtons as per the recipe in Chef on Fire. They were wonderful. The recipe I used a few years back didn't include the foie gras, and that was a definite improvement. Great stuff!


Mike

Okay, we'll see if we can drum up a group for a little later in the year.
My ex-wife made the Wellington, too - from the book. Haven't heard about her results yet. Thanks!