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Apologies and Congratulations… I misspelled Chef Greg Hozinsky’s name in an article a few weeks ago, and it was completely my fault – in the photo that I shot for the story, he was wearing a chef’s jacket with his name on it. Lots of people have been learning to spell Hozinsky lately, since Chris made the Zagat Survey’s list of the top up-and-coming chefs. I’d actually question the designation up and coming – as the Executive Chef at Shade Hotel and the Strand House, I’d say he has already arrived… Reuse, Recycle, Recork… If you have been getting the mailings from Hermosa’s Uncorked wine shop, you have probably noticed the requests that you bring in your used wine corks. It occurred to me to wonder just what they are doing with them all – lining the walls for soundproofing and insulation, perhaps? Gluing them together to build a raft so that if a tsunami hits, they may float to safety? I called and found that they are indeed recycling them, both the ones made from real cork and the newfangled rubber ones. You can save a cork tree somewhere by bringing your used stoppers to their Pier Avenue store – alas, the screw tops will still go in the trash bin… And Speaking Of Popping Corks…
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