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Article: Start off lightly
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 28, 2007
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When a close friend, the head of a renowned academic institution,
called to tell us that he had decided to retire from his post to
pursue a new career, we could hear both sadness and excitement in
his voice.
He had served happily in his job for more than a decade and
although enthusiastic about his new undertaking, the decision had
been bittersweet. My husband and I picked up on this right away and
invited him and his wife to come for an overnight visit filled with
laughter, wine and food.
Planning the menu, I chose beef tenderloin with port wine sauce
served with an array of winter vegetables as the entree. The dessert
was to be our guests' favorite -- molten chocolate cakes.
I was stumped, ...