The Recovering Line Cook by Wil Reidie

The Recovering Line Cook by Wil Reidie

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The Most Honest Kitchen Film I Know
Nope, The Bear doesn’t even come close
Aug 22 • 
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How Do You Say "You’re an A**hole" Nicely in Finnish?
Loving, Living, Salmon Smoking
Aug 2 • 
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4 Things I’ve Learnt in a Finnish Sauna
Trigger warning: there's mention of nudity.
Jul 6 • 
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Comfort Eating in an Emergency
or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being a Pound Shop Eckhart Tolle
Jun 14 • 
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Pot Coffee
A story about cutting trees, thick coffee, and love in Finland.
Jun 1 • 
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Recipes in the Age of Meme Capitalism
A Line Cook's Rant about Recipes... Again.
May 9 • 
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Midnight Train to Lapland
A little peak into an all too brief trip to Rovaniemi.
Mar 28 • 
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On Moomin Mugs
An essay about objects and loss and little colourful mugs
Mar 14 • 
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Why I Quit Marketing to Scrub Potatoes
or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Success"
Feb 14 • 
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The Immigrant and the Custard Bun
On being a stranger in a strange land
Feb 2 • 
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3 True Stories Concerning Coconuts
Sri Lanka, Brazil, England
Jan 24 • 
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A Line Cook's Rant about Chef Life
In which I think about how things might get better
Jan 17 • 
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