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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Chow Out of the Frying Pan...

Posted by Jim Nintzel on Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:34 AM

Michael Chihak
  • Michael Chihak
In his time as publisher of the Tucson Citizen, Michael Chihak did all he could to turn around the struggling afternoon newspaper that was put to sleep by Gannett earlier this year. Sadly, Chihak’s focus on local news and opinion wasn’t enough to save the Gray Señorita (although an electronic version lives on with an army of volunteer bloggers.)

Chihak relocated to San Francisco in 2008 to head up something called the Communications Leadership Institute, but that gig lasted for about a year.

Now he’s followed in the footsteps of former Arizona Gov. J. Fife Symington III and enrolled in cooking school.

“My life-long interest in cooking, instilled by my mom and others, has for many years included the desire to attend culinary school,” Chihak tells The Skinny via e-mail. “The opportunity presented itself, and I enrolled in a one-year culinary arts certificate program at the California Culinary Academy here in San Francisco. I am cooking in class every day and loving it.”

Chihak, who still visits the Old Pueblo now and then to visit family and grab tortillas and other Sonoran staples, has a blog, Que Aprovecho, where he shares his culinary adventures with the occasional recipe, such as roasted whole chicken with root vegetables, turned potatoes, sauce nateur and garnish.

It can be a dangerous gig: Chihak suffered an injury while practicing for a vegetable-slicing exam that sent him to the emergency room for five stitches.

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Well, that explains a thing or two.

As for Jim Nintzel's J. Fife Whiteguy, it's true that the UFO nut saved Clinton's life:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/polit…

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Posted by Red Star on 12/15/2009 at 5:20 PM

More insults from the ever-so-superior mind and pen of Jim Nintzel. Pathetic.

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Posted by Dan Starr on 12/16/2009 at 11:32 AM

Um...what was insulting, exactly?

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Posted by Nintz on 12/16/2009 at 1:00 PM

Who knows?

Anyway, Jim Nintzel, you need to spec-up and get a Blackberry...

or wait around in the lobby for the iBlackberry...

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Posted by Red Star on 12/16/2009 at 1:38 PM

I think you insulted vegetables.

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Posted by nobody on 12/17/2009 at 5:03 PM
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