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Thursday, March 18, 2021

ABOUT JOHN CHUCKMAN

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       ME, ROUGHLY: THE DECLINE IS SO RAPID NOW John Chuckman is former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company. He has many intere...

JOHN CHUCKMAN: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN

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JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: CHICKEN, RED PEPPER, AND NOODLE NON-ASIAN STIR-FRY TURNED INTO A NUMBER OF DISHES – SOUP – HUNGARIAN – ITALIAN FRITTATA – ALFREDO SAUCE – INDONESIAN – HOW FOOD-LOVERS THINK

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CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: CHICKEN, RED PEPPER, AND NOODLE NON-ASIAN STIR-FRY TURNED INTO A NUMBER OF DISHES – SOUP – HUNGARIAN – ITALIAN FRI...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: PENNE RIGATE IN HOT SAUCE WITH SAUSAGE MEAT

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CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: PENNE RIGATE IN HOT SAUCE WITH SAUSAGE MEAT   Prepare some of my basic red sauce, but season it with a fair bi...

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF A RECIPE FOR A WEDGE SALAD FROM A RESTAURANT WHOSE NAME I DO NOT REMEMBER

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CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF A RECIPE FOR A WEDGE SALAD FROM A RESTAURANT WHOSE NAME I DO NOT REMEMBER   Instead of the usual rather ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: DELUXE MACARONI AND CHEESE

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CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: DELUXE MACARONI AND CHEESE This has long been one of my signature dishes. Some people actually develop a craving...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF A JACQUES PEPIN RECIPE FOR BAKED BEANS

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CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF A JACQUES PEPIN RECIPE FOR BAKED BEANS   I have always loved well-made baked beans and salt pork. They w...

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: GRILLED SALAMI AND SWISS SANDWICH – AND A NUMBER OF OTHER HOT SANDWICH IDEAS - THE DEFINITIVE REUBEN SANDWICH

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  CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: GRILLED SALAMI AND SWISS SANDWICH – AND A NUMBER OF OTHER HOT SANDWICH IDEAS - THE DEFINITIVE REUBEN SANDWICH ...
Sunday, March 14, 2021

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: COUS COUS AND ROASTED VEGETABLES

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CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: COUS COUS AND ROASTED VEGETABLES A Middle Eastern and Mediterranean-inspired dish – savory and beautiful and sim...

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: COATED, PAN-FRIED FISH – BATTER AND METHOD

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CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: COATED, PAN-FRIED FISH – BATTER AND METHOD   An excellent method for all coated, pan-fried fish. Especially go...

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: TUNA MELTS

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 CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: TUNA MELTS These are serious food, not just “pub grub,” hot open-face sandwiches as complete meals. They are be...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: BEEF AND BARLEY SOUP

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CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: BEEF AND BARLEY SOUP A hearty and delicious meal in a bowl 4 quarts of beef stock or broth with a good spla...
Saturday, July 18, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: OLIVE AND NUT SPREAD FOR SANDWICHES OR CANAPES

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JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: OLIVE AND NUT SPREAD FOR SANDWICHES OR CANAPES There was a wonderful ice cream parlor and snack shop on...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: TRUITE MEUNIERE

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JOHN CHUCKMAN’S TRUITE MEUNIERE An absolute favorite Use whole Rainbow Trout, either fresh or frozen (moderately thawed). Cut off the...
Tuesday, May 05, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS - GARLIC BREAD

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JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS Always a favorite dish of mine. My ideal was what was served at a charming litt...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

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JOHN CHUCKMAN’S CHICKEN PAPRIKASH A little different than the classic and absolutely delicious Bring some chicken broth, with generous ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN REVIEW OF DUNCAN JONES' MOON

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I regard this as one of the strongest science fiction movies. Here is a movie, quite unusual for science fiction, with something rathe...

JOHN CHUCKMAN DEFINITION OF LOVE

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Love means that it makes you feel good just to see a person. He or she has become an integral and vital   part of your existence.
Saturday, October 12, 2019

JOHN CHUCKMAN LINE OF POETRY

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Spring comes, trailing robes of purest sunlight, to press her warm and fragrant breast to earth. - A line of poetry written at abo...

JOHN CHUCKMAN ORIGINAL RECIPE: MY BASIC RED SAUCE FOR MANY ITALIAN DISHES

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MY BASIC RED SAUCE: Use crushed canned tomatoes (two large cans), a generous addition of dry red wine, a couple of anchovies or equivalen...
Saturday, September 29, 2018

JOHN CHUCKMAN REVIEW: THE SET OF COMPLETE HAYDN PIANO TRIOS PERFORMED BY THE BEAUX ARTS TRIO

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Haydn, while always enjoyable, in some forms - as in his string quartets, at least for me - does not quite make it into the Mozart-Beethoven...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

JOHN CHUCKMAN REVIEW: THE ALBUM "RECTO VERSO" BY FRENCH SINGER-SONGWRITER ZAZ

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In my earlier review of the album, "Zaz," I somewhat diminished "Recto Verso" by saying that it was good, like "Par...
Monday, May 14, 2018

JOHN CHUCKMAN REVIEW OF STEPHEN KOTKIN'S STALIN: WAITING FOR HITLER

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How can a major biography be both a real disappointment and perhaps of some significance to read? If you want to understand that, you shou...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

JOHN CHUCKMAN REVIEW OF DENIS VILLENEUVE'S BLADE RUNNER 2049

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Have you ever seen Ed Wood’s “Plan 9 from Outer Space"? It is undoubtedly one of the worst movies ever made, but you know that b...
Friday, May 19, 2017

JOHN CHUCKMAN MEMORIAL: FOR MY DEAR MOTHER - AS PRINTED IN CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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Death Notice in the Chicago Tribune, Sunday, December 3, 1995 PARA (CHUCKMAN) Etta Lucille Para, in Quartzsite, AZ, Nov. 30, a...
Thursday, February 04, 2016

JOHN CHUCKMAN REVIEW OF RIDLEY SCOTT'S THE MARTIAN

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I'm quite sorry to have to say that “The Martian” was a great disappointment. I am a long-time fan of director Ridley Scott, both...
Monday, June 30, 2014

JOHN CHUCKMAN REVIEW (COMMENT) ON EDWARD J. EPSTEIN'S ASSASSINATION DIARY

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EDWARD J. EPSTEIN'S THE ASSASSINATION DIARY BY JOHN CHUCKMAN I've not read this volume, but I read all of the books involve...
Monday, March 17, 2014

JOHN CHUCKMAN REVIEW OF SYLVIA MEAGHER'S ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT

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I don’t know how I missed it, having read most of the good early critics of the Warren Report, but I never read Sylvia Meagher’s “Acces...