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A Chef's Hat, toque-blanche

A Chef's Hat, toque-blanche

A metaphor for life

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Pat Whitty
Jan 29, 2023
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My friend, Laura Pauli, gave me an interesting gift this morning on a Zoom call. Laura is a classically trained professional chef. She asked me if I knew why a traditional chef’s hat had 100 folds. I didn’t even know a chef’s hat had 100 folds much less why. She said it’s because a master chef knows how to prepare eggs one hundred different ways. I only…

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