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CB: The first album/CD/eight track you bought?
BS: In 1965/66 I was very
busy stalking Leonard Cohen when he was still a poet but wanted
to be a famous singer. My girlfriend and I crashed the Beautiful
Losers launch
party at the old Four Seasons on Jarvis Street.
CB: What was your first car?
BS: A brown Mercury Zephyr.
CB: Your favourite junk food?
BS: Great ice cream.
CB: What kitchen gadget, or piece of equipment can't
you live without?
BS: Peppermill (Peppermate); Tongs; Garlic press.
CB: Your favourite ingredient, or food?
BS: That depends
on my mood. It could be lemon, vanilla, chipotles, cumin or cilantro.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient, or food?
BS: Saffron.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
BS: Kate Aitken
or Jenny Grossinger.
CB: Your favourite authors, doesn't have to be cookbook
authors?
BS: John Irving, David Rakoff, Bill Buford.
CB: Your favourite city?
BS: Toronto of course!
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
BS: If
it’s a really big indulgence its usually happened by accident!
CB: Your favourite movie?
BS: Gone with the Wind.
CB: What was your first job?
BS: I worked in a dry cleaner
because I was going to Europe.
CB: What kind of music do you like?
BS: Obviously Leonard
Cohen!
CB: Your favourite sports team?
BS: The Jays.
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
BS: Pepper. They
want to put pepper on everything.
CB: Your favourite drink?
BS: Pomegranate Cosmopolitan.
CB: If you could change one thing in the food & wine
industry what would it be?
BS: Customers would have more respect for servers.
CB: Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
BS: The late Ed Weil from Cuisinart.
CB: What four people, dead or alive, would you invite
to dinner (assuming you would invite your significant other to have
six around the table)?
BS: Leonard, my mother & father and Ed Weil.
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