Word: owen
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When Deborah Owen, 53, a partner in a North Hollywood, Calif., accounting firm, took a vacation last August, her days were long. She was exhausted each evening. There were constant deadlines to meet. The work was messy. Oh, and by the way, she can't wait to do it all again...
...Owen, who has a passion for food--she toys with the idea of going into the restaurant business at some point--spent five days studying and cooking with professional chefs at the Greystone campus of the renowned Culinary Institute of America (CIA). The school is in St. Helena, in the heart of California's Napa Valley, about 1 1/2 hr. north of San Francisco. "When I put the chef's hat on and stepped into one of the best kitchens in the world, I felt a tingle," says Owen, who spent $850 on the course...
...Owen's class at Greystone, an introduction to the professional kitchen, ran from 2 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily. Along with 17 other students, she started the day with classroom instruction devoted to a particular form of meal preparation. During one session, they learned grilling, during another braising, then on to deep frying, and so forth. Next the students, outfitted in full chef's attire, moved into the kitchen and in teams of three created a specific menu for the evening. Dishes Owen prepared included grilled salmon, fried squid and risotto. "Despite all the complicated dishes I cooked...
Back home, Owen is using her new, improved culinary flair to treat her employees. In between her accounting and managerial duties, she regularly cooks meals for the eight people in her company in a fully equipped kitchen in the office. "When I get to work, everyone asks me what's for lunch," says Owen. "Even if they hate the job, they love the food." (A sample menu: fillet of salmon with soy sauce, rice-wine vinegar and lemongrass, baked in parchment paper and served with rice pilaf...
...most important impact may be the one nearest the hearts of many of Bush's core voters: the ability to clear the President's nominees through the Judiciary Committee. Judge Priscilla Owen, a Bush pick for the federal circuit court, probably would have won confirmation by the full Senate had the vote ever come to the floor; majority leader Tom Daschle made sure it never did. "For a lot of our base voters, this is the biggest issue out there," says an outside adviser to Bush's political team. "If we don't deliver, they won't work as hard...