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In reply to the discussion: French Onion Soup from scratch, and I mean SCRATCH! (well, almost! lots of pics) (edited) [View all]NJCher
(43,615 posts)But the likelihood of this New Jerseyan being in Jacksonville is about as likely as you finding a Yak herder on the Mongolian steppes.
I think I know someone like you. I went to a dinner party at his home a few weeks ago. He does four dinner parties a year and only invites foodies and interesting people. He's a 50-something English teacher and is totally involved in his interests, one of which is cooking. The others are collecting vinyl records and books. His sixteen-room home has a room devoted to each of his interests, all of which are impeccably organized.
I had a wonderful time at his dinner party and met so many interesting people--writers from the NY Times, concert pianists, food consultants, etc.
It was the highlight of my month.
Now, if you're not really into togetherness, you might consider a relationship like mine. My spouse is a gourmand who travels the world in his work. He's only here about half the time, but when he is, we pull out all the stops on wine and food. It's great, but it would kill us if we did it full time!

Cher