The dishes that chef Terri Conderino creates at Café Flo at the Florence Griswold Museum are things of diverse deliciousness. The offerings range from spinach vichyssoise to lobster, avocado and corn salad to dirty chips (rustic chips, melted blue cheese, bacon and scallions) to lemon mousse with fresh berries.
But cooking wasn’t always Conderino’s forte. She wasn’t someone who spent her early years poring over recipes, studying the culinary arts and whipping up exotic creations.
After graduating from East Lyme High School, Conderino (nee Painter) wed and was a stay-at-home mom to her four children for two decades. Despite some flair for whipping up desserts when her kids were young, the dinners she made leaned more to the routine side. She eventually returned to the workforce, doing bartending and serving and then delving into food services.
The Day - Now she s cookin : Café Flo head chef Terri Conderino took a roundabout route to discovering her culinary talent
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Published April 25. 2021 12:01AM
Rev. Steven R. Jungkeit
As the death of George Floyd, and now Daunte Wright, once again dominate the news cycle, so too local communities throughout the United States are called to continue the work of addressing the inequities and injustices caused by systemic racism.
Thankfully, in many places, that work didn’t begin with the death of Mr. Floyd it has been happening all along. Still, the horrific footage of that event, together with the killing of Daunte Wright, underscore both the urgency of the work, and the sheer scale of it. The roots of systemic racism run deep, and they are pervasive. Those roots run deep throughout the entire country, but they are especially pervasive in local communities.