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Vin de Paire or "Wine Pairing" is a blog focusing on wine and food, and how to pair them. Chef, Restaurateur and Caterer, Chef Chuck Samuelson authors Vin de Paire to elicit thoughts, ideas and desires encompassing all things about matching food with wine in an easy to understand and not too serious format. Read, learn and enjoy. Cheers!
Seize this day, this moment, right now.
Posted August 4th, 2008 by ChuckSD
I write this blog normally about food and wine pairing and the occasional bitch about California drivers. I firmly believe that slowing down, taking time to enjoy our food and wine with friends can be the easiest and most effective way to add value and beauty to our lives. I won't mention the obvious health benefits.
But the truth is that we are all so busy, so time-crunched, and so harried by the demands of our so very busy lives that we need something to periodically jolt us out of our rat-race routine. Recently one of my friends finished chemotherapy and another went under the knife to have a cancer removed. By the grace of God, they are both doing just fine. This blog is not about them, however. This is about someone who didn't survive. In the way he lived his life and in the message he gave us, Randy Pausch compells us to take better care of the relationships and dreams that are so very important to all of us.
Please spare the slightly less than two hours needed to listen to his lecture. Millions have and have been inspired. I was and I hope you are, too. Next week I'll return to the usual talk about good food, good wine, etc. I promise. But I couldn't let this opportunity to note Randy's passing slip by in the busyness of the everyday.
You can view his lecture at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184
Cheers,
Chuck
Leader, VinVilage, San Diego
Chef/Owner, Chuck Samuelson Catering
