Interviews with...
Julie Van Rosendaal
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Julie Van Rosendaal
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CB: The
first album/CD/eight track you bought?
JVD: Tony Basil - can’t remember the album but
I remember the song Mickey.
CB: What was your first car?
JVD: 86 Toyota Camry, *##brown!
CB: Your favourite junk food?
JVD: At the moment, cherry Danishes, nutella,
ice cream.
CB: What kitchen
gadget or piece of equipment can’t you live without?
JVD: Tongs, my grandma’s measuring cups.
CB: Your favourite ingredient,
or food?
JVD: Cheese, good bread.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient, or food?
JVD: Cilantro, Truffle oil.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
JVD: Best of Bridge; Canadian Living Cookbook, the original one now
out of print.
CB: Your favourite authors, doesn’t have to be cookbook
authors?
JVD: Laurie Colwin.
CB: Your favourite city?
JVD: Vancouver.
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
JVD: All my money goes to my book printing (I’m self-published), and
when there
is some left over, eating out or gas for my car!
CB: Your favourite movie?
JVD: Lord of the Rings trilogy.
CB: What was your first job?
JVD: AT&T mascot at the Calgary Olympics.
CB: What kind of music do you like?
JVD: Anything but country and no Celine Dion.
CB: Your favourite sports team?
JVD: Calgary Flames.
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
JVD: Huge peppermills, cellphones in restaurants and waiters that are
too chatty.
CB: Your favourite drink?
JVD: Milkshakes, scotch.
CB: If you could change one thing in the food & wine
industry what would it be?
JVD: Less fast food; corporate and government involvement reduced.
CB: Who
has been the biggest influence on your career?
JVD: My granddad, a good businessman. “Life is hard by the yard; by
the inch
it’s a cinch.”
CB: What four people, alive or dead, would you invite to
dinner? (assuming you would invite your significant other to have six around
the dinner table!)
JVD: My granddad, Laurie Colwin, Bono, Julia Child, Oprah
(only if I’m
on her show).
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