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Top 10 Posts from 2015
It’s just blows my mind that it’s the end of the year already! It’s been a crazy year full of job changes and surgeries for the chef and of course everything that comes with those things around here...
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When the Chef Brings Home Samples . . .
I’ll have to admit, one perk I love about being married to a chef is the random samples we get to enjoy as a family. You know what I’m talking about. Your chef walks in the door late one night after...
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Take That You Dirty Chef Coat!
I hate washing chef coats! Have I mentioned that before? Instead of washing chef coats the other day, here’s what I did instead . . . Ready, set . . . GO!!!!! Yep! I took scissors to them. Haha!...
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Sometimes I Forget How Well My Husband Can Cook
Has so much time ever gone by since you’ve tasted your chef’s cooking, that you actually forget how good it is? I mean, you know in your head that they cook really well, but since you RARELY get to...
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Chef Wives, You Are Not a Single Parent
I wrote the post below back in July, but never published it. Tonight I’m sitting on the bed, wishing my husband was home with us. It’s Cinco de Mayo – the busiest night of the year for his restaurants....
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You Know You’re a Chef’s Wife if…
This might be my favorite post yet! Thanks to all those who helped compile this list. Feel free to add your own thoughts in the comments below! You know you’re a chef’s...
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I Told Myself I Would Never Be “THAT” Blog…
So the blog . . . I hate it when I come across a blog I really love and find out they are not publishing posts any more. It makes me so sad because I just LOVE reading blogs of people I can relate to....
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No More Chef Coats in the Closet
We just went through my husband’s closet and threw all his chef coats in the trash. I threw out a dozen aprons. The ChefWorks chef pants are neatly folded up and up on the top shelf. After two decades...
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When Your 4 Year Old Finds Your Chef’s Sharpie
Chefs and Sharpies…two words that go hand in hand. Rarely will you find a chef without a Sharpie in their pocket, or at least near by. I get it. They label things all the time and ask us to do the...
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Gift Ideas for a Chef
I don’t know about your chef, but when I ask my chef/husband for gift ideas for a holiday he usually doesn’t have many ideas, if any. He always says he doesn’t need anything and really doesn’t have...
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14 Days of Love Notes for Your Chef
One of our favorite holidays is coming up! Valentine’s Day! The day many go out to eat and celebrate their love for each other. AND the day our chefs make that possible by going in early to prep. and...
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Reflections on Being Married to a Chef or Dating a Chef on Valentine’s Day
It’s almost here. The day we’ve all be waiting for. The day we celebrate our love for each other . . . oh wait . . . the person we love is a chef and is working tomorrow night (and tonight and all...
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Do you Ever Feel Like You Are Living Separate Lives?
Why yes I do. Thanks for asking. Sometimes I feel like I have my life here at home with the girls and my husband has his life at work and then here at home. The things we each do in a day are so...
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Switching Roles with the Chef
Yesterday was a strange day. It was a Saturday and my husband was home. But that was not the strange part about it. He took our daughter to a birthday party and I taught a cooking class. WHAT????????...
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How an Immersion Circulator Changed our Thanksgiving
I don’t usually try to sell things to people. (Well, except for the Instant Pot…because…well, I can’t live without it.) But our Thanksgiving was so relaxing this year and it was due in part to the...
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Day 1: Twelve Days of Encouragement for the Chef’s Family
New to my site? Start here. The holidays are a tough time for our Emulsified Family. By the end of December, my chef/husband and I are usually just ready for Christmas and New Year’s Eve to be over. I...
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Day 2 – Social Media (12 Days of Encouragement for the Chef’s Family)
If you are new to my site, start here. It’s the most wonderful . . . and hardest time of the year for our Emulsified Family, as I’m sure it is for many of you. If you struggle with loneliness this time...
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Day 3 – Don’t Sit at Home (12 Days of Encouragement for the Chef’s Family)
Today I’d like to encourage you to not sit at home, wishing the Christmas season was just over so you could see your chef/husband or chef/boyfriend again. Last year, half way through the month, my...
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Day 4: The Perfect Christmas Gift for a Chef (12 Days of Encouragement for...
I just reread this post from a few years ago and it was SO STUPID! So..new post…here we go! After looking over all the gift ideas for a chef, I really think the best gift for them is a nap! Don’t you...
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Day 5 – Remember the Reason for the Season (12 Days of Encouragement of the...
Christmas time is busy, not only for our chefs in the restaurant, but for us at home and work. As the calendar starts to fill up, it’s hard to not get sucked up into all the commercialism and craziness...
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