There are people who think Ina Paarman is a name on a spice jar but she’s a very real human. From cooking lessons in a converted garage in the 80s to a family business making nearly 200 products exported to more than 30 countries, Ina Paarman is a living legend and an inspiration to home cooks.
‘The unusual events described in this chronicle occurred in 194 – at Oran. Everyone agreed that, considering their somewhat extraordinary character, they were out of place there. For its ordinariness is what strikes one first about the town of Oran, which is merely a large French port on the Algerian coast ….’
And so begins Albert Camus’
The Plague. God, who would have thought…? What happened to the plain old ordinary? But hey, here we are. Not that I want to sound bleak, gloomy, dark and depressed. Far from it. Being the eternal optimist (joke) and a Monty Python fan, I always try to look on the bright side. Maybe all the crappy restaurants will get weeded out and only the good ones survive. Wishful thinking. It will probably be the other way round. Already some of my favourite restaurants here in Chicago have closed down for good. Or maybe …. well, I was going to say something more about chefs and tattoos but I’ll let that one go because I have made snippy co