Christopher Bowen's Blog, page 2

The Wind & The Frisbee

This is the story of Grandpa’s full-leather, green Lincoln on a hot day in the sun, the way if you left the windows up after cranking them, it seared the parts of your thighs left bare from summer shorts when you first slid in the seat after swimming at the community pool as a child....

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This Is the Story of Grandpa’s Full-Leather, Green Lincoln

I’m going to tell you the story of Grandpa’s full-leather, green Lincoln. On a hot day in the sun, the way if you left the windows up after cranking them, it seared the parts of your thighs left bare from your summer shorts when you first slid in the seat after swimming at the community...

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imperfectly delicious

I used to get so much joy out of cooking, especially for others. I was proud of the people who enjoyed it and my ability to create not only the tastes, aromas, and sensuality of it, but also the entire experience, the candidness and contentment of eating. I’m sure Anthony Bourdain would approve of the...

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Some Writing News

Special thanks to Heavy Feather Review for posting my previously published essay, Debt, as part of their web feature ‘Flavortown, U.S.A.’ The essay was an honorable mention in the 45th New Millennium Writing Awards in the non-fiction category and originally published by Chicago writer, Ben Tanzer. It deals with different themes while I was in...

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The Top Ten Times I Have Seen God at Work in My Lifetime

#10: While camping on the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, we went down to New Orleans, an old group of college friends, and spent our first night on that beach. Bonfires, meeting people, I saw helicopters blinking in the night flying crew out to sea to the oil rigs. #9: While entering my 3rd year...

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The Bear’s Den

The Character of a Pacific Salmon

The sea age of prize Atlantic salmon is determined by the number of winters they spend at sea. For example, if they have spent one winter at sea their age is 1SW, while spring salmon have often spent two or more winters at sea and so will be either 2SW or 3SW. What is the...

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The Pearly Gates Had Such Eloquent Graffiti

Freedom in Quarantine

I’ve been a professional chef in one way or another for a little over fifteen years, I think, and like most of the world I’ve never faced something like this. I’ve been in the food service industry since I was fifteen and graduated a late bloomer from culinary school about seven years ago on scholarships....

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Freedom and Cooking and Quarantine

I’ve been a professional chef in one way or another for a little over fifteen years I think and like most of the world I’ve never faced something like this. I’ve been in the food service industry since I was fifteen and graduated a late bloomer from culinary school about seven years ago on scholarships....

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