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| Jackie did her "time" on the
floor of some of New York's better dining establishments.
She'd never call it her finest hour, but it paid the bills.
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"Waitressing. Hiss. Snarl. Boo —
12 years later, I still have the nightmares. Don't get
me wrong, it's a very necessary profession and there
are people who do it very well, it just wasn't for me.
I've never had great things to say about my experience
except that it paid for two very important things, singing
lessons and FOOD!!! I traveled to eat."
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| Culinary adventuring took Jackie
around the U.S. and Europe. Every new city would find
her in the restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, food
shops, etc.— anywhere there was eating to be done.
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"I remember the first time I went to Fauchon in Paris.
One word: AMAZING!!! All the beautiful food in the
windows. Little works of art. When I needed kidney
beans to make a pot of chili con carne for my French
friends, Fauchon was the only place that sold them.
The saleswoman wrapped each can in Fauchon paper before
putting it in the shopping bags. Outrageous. Overpriced.
But totally worth it."
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| Jackie ate her way around,
following her tongue, literally sucking down the culture. |
"Sightseeing actually aids digestion. Museums
are where you go to kill time till you get hungry again.
That's after you've exhausted all the house tours, the
restaurant window shopping, spying in cafes, watching
the natives eat, grocery stores and, of course, the
markets. Give me a great market — stalls bursting
with fantastic produce, deli counters teeming with unusual
preserved goodies, and I'm in heaven — even the
canned goods are exciting when you're in a foreign country.
New worlds of fantastic food possibilities! You always
see things you've never seen before. I do have to draw
the line in certain countries. I'm no Anthony Bourdain.
Some Asian markets get a little too graphic for me."
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