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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | chef / restaurant owner |
| Location | byram, nj, United States |
| Introduction | This is Mine and Lauries second restaurant. We opened the popular "bula" restaurant in Newton and ran that for 7 years prior to opening Salt. I am a CIA grad class of 1.88....served as an apprentice under Daniel Boulud at the world renowned Le Cirque in manhattan as well as a four year stint with Chef Stephen Attoe at NYC's famous "Mortimer's". Laurie holds a degree in Psychology from Caldwell College (which is a huge help being in this business) as well as a grad degree from Seton Hall. We have 4 great kids, 2 adopted dogs, one adopted cat, and a brood of fish. |
| Interests | cooking, running, music, food, art, Buddhism, Tao, magazines |
| Favorite movies | Pollock, Basquiat, Sid & Nancy, Amadeus |
| Favorite music | Stones, Bowie, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Kurt Elling, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon, GnR, Soul Asylum, John Hiatt, Jack Johnson |
| Favorite books | American Psycho, Kitchen confidential |