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Chef Michael Tsonton

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A classically trained, working professional chef who marvels at the talent of short order cooks. #Ducati1199PanigaleS #Chicago #Astro

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Chef Michael Tsonton
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@MacCocktail
MacCocktail (Mastodon: @[email protected])
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"Find what you love and let it kill you." ― Charles Bukowski (born this day, August 16, 1920)
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A table just chewed out my dining room manager because our "whole wheat" yeast risen rolls are, well, whole wheat. She said, "people are allergic to wheat, you should have white bread." I just can't....
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Badass....
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Indigenous woman from the Lakota tribe tears down the confederate flag off a truck in South Dakota. "In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist"- Angela Davis THIS ENERGY SALUTE ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
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Cold. Rainy. So chicken fried steak, and of course, pan-gravy... *pro tip - great for hangovers too
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@Imposter_Edits "yo chicken gett'in cold fat boy!" #hilarious
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@RexChapman This IS America. Shoot an unarmed black person, cool. Investigate a grifting, lying, thieving, insurrectionist, sexual predator ex-president, not cool...
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This people, this IS butter...
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Insider Food
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We visited a traditional maison du beurre, or butter house, in Brittany, France 🧈
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She's 💯 right...
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Zionism is an apocalyptic death cult rooted in imperialism and violence
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@shalanejp @marcorubio Do you hear yourself?! The government "forces" you to put on a seatbelt. Even take off your shoes at TSA. And this is where you draw the line? Stupidity in bunches. #COVIDIOTS
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What a wonderful, wonderful day! New pizza concept coming soon....
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Such a small man @GeraldoRivera I made him wait for a table once (walk-in, no resi and we were packed) and he said to me, "don't you know who I am?" I said, "Yes Mr. Geraldo, I know who you are, and since I can't build a table, please wait in the bar." Small, small man...
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Geraldo Rivera
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After 12 seasons, many viewers lament the passing of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Larry David’s sour, pseudo bio-series. I’m not a fan, because Larry truly is the self-righteous, snobby, self-loathing, narcissistic ass he portrays. That opinion is informed by an outdoor afternoon
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@JBQRacing @Local4News Bro, antifa is an ideology, a concept, NOT an organization...
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Alexa, define white privileged racism....
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RACISM Black man leases a house, white couple with zero authority just walk right into it and question him being there. THIS IS MODERN DAY JIM CROW FOLKS! THIS IS NOT OK!
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@Airvooocht @realDonaldTrump It was just a way to sneak in Doral. #Transparent
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Two minutes. Watch. Call your Senators. NOW. #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct
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Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸
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"I am the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. And I take great umbrage when members of this body use old, trite 'states rights' arguments - the same arguments used against Dr. King back then - to push against reasonable access to the ballot right now." ~ @SenatorWarnock
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More #MAGA2020 winning
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@GabHari @iambrianarocks Good for you. It's paramount that we operators have the back of our crew and draw the line with shitty guests. They are certainly NOT always right.
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This is what social media is for! #wonderful
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4 years
This is America... #BlackLivesMatter
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@GGunthorp You don't. You just nod and then make fun of them here...
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Look what my buddy just took in as a trade at his shop... Guess how much??!
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Ya, ya.... it's round. *lasagna
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@robicellis @KosherSoul Shocked at his passing because of access to health insurance. Health care must become a HUMAN RIGHT. Proud to chip in his family's GoFundMe page. Cooks stand together always. #cheflife
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1 year
I love Astro so much it's kinda impossible to put in words...
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3 years
Every pan is a non-stick pan... #tacutacu #homebrunch
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I've lived in Illinois for over 25 years and have never seen "gravy bread."
@MiniTuxedo
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3 years
Rabbit...
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3 years
Thank you to all the @UFWupdates and everyone who keeps food coming out of the fields... #migrantworkers #agriculture #besthumansperiod
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@Hoont Glad you and your family are safe. This is unacceptable. I worked at Ravinia Festival for three seasons. I love Highland Park and have friends there. I am heartbroken...
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@MiyahhT
The Hottest ❤️🤪
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Soo Me and my Grandma own a Restaurant in Columbia, Sc and would love y’all support ‼️‼️ So y’all Retweet This and come see me 😊
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THIS
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@SeamusBlackley Worn in respect of the 18th prisoners of Toulon who were forced to test dive early metal diving suits. The prisoners wore them. Never, ever missed an episode as a kid...
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@IAmJohnAles You know kids stole his lunch money...
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When an asshole shows you he's an asshole...
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H I L A R I O U S...
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Christopher Columbus Day 😂😂😂 "I discovered this car" 😂😂😂 LMAO. This is so accurate 😂
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@HAL9000____ @rosemilkjpg @ShafPatel @realDonaldTrump You think Russia is over.....hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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@MPSRegentsPark @scope @metpoliceuk @MPSCamden Disposed of? Those are kitchen tools mainly. I hope you donated them to a soup kitchen or culinary school. #seriously
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@robicellis @KosherSoul They don't pay you for staying home. Fuck me. I am heart broken by his brutal choice. #cheflife
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Remind me again who the terrorists are... #StopArmingIsrael
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A famous Italian chef Gabriele Rubini was assaulted by a pro-Israel mob outside of his home because of his pro-Palestinian activism
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Reason #95 why people hate cops...
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WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ A cop in Illinois went on a power trip and threw a handcuffed man to the ground and injured him for no reason
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The beauty of humanity...
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2 years
CONGRATULATIONS MAMA: The bride and groom's son walks up the aisle at their wedding. What a strong and inspiring little boy. His smile is everything. Truly. 😭❤️
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On the train today and overheard two people discussing chili-mac. So I had to make chili-mac because that's how shit works... #notalwayscookingfancy #butcookingwell #cheflife
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Stop eating at formula chain defrost and serve restaurants. Do a little research and find people who actually cook...
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eric rivera
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these are all sysco/us foods platinum certified products so you actually don't have to go to that specific restaurant. thing about convenience products is they make the food industry so bland, boring, and mediocre and for some people that's a 10 out of 10. spend your time and
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When you come to #SanFrancisco to go to Molinari's Delicatessen. That's the rule... *this IS the airport meal
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@YourAnonNews Bezos could personally change the US economy by giving all of his hourlys a $10 an-hour raise tomorrow from his own pocket and he'd still be worth 50B!
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Great thing about moving to a new neighborhood in Chicago is discovering new cool places like this. Moon's Sandwich shop. Since 1933...
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Fried chicken thighs. Homemade pickles, peach-habanero hot sauce and a roasted carrot-yellow pepper hot sauce...
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Dear restaurants, If you are constantly looking for an Executive Chef, Sous Chef, GM and every other position, people know your place is shit. Close the doors and go sell shoes...
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Fermenting more pineapple in coconut water for hot sauce...
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3 years
So those @RanchoGordo mayocoba beans. Wow. Simmered with ancho, guajillo and chile de arbor. Two days on their liquor. Then sauteed onions, jalapeno, celery. Poached chicken and eggs, then finished with a salad of cucs, radish, bell pepper, tomatoes, avocado and cilantro. Damn!
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THIS. ALL. DAY. LONG.
@DavidPepper
David Pepper
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🚨 🚨 WHITEBOARD DeSantis’s banning of AP African American Studies is disturbing and dangerous. In my most watched whiteboard, I explain how censoring our history of its worst moments is a tool designed to obscure CURRENT attacks on a diverse democracy. WATCH and RT:
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Brilliant...
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@ France
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What a good boy...
@RetirementUnity
RetirementUnity.com 👍
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Get a Golden Retriever, they said... You won't regret it, they said. #GoldenRetrievers
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Dining at @ELideasChi tonight. I was asked not to bring beer for the crew, Chef said they have more than they can drink. He asked for a "snack." So, Pernil. This is the smallest one I could find...
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We do...
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🦋💎Steph ★✩*💎🦋
5 months
Do these men actually exist? 🤨😀 lol
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Lunch from Bari. Italian, hot. Mine...
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All of this...
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For. Profit. Prison.
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NowThis Impact
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Did you know the U.S. is the most incarcerated country in the world? 😳 @johnlegend breaks it down
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Chef Michael Tsonton
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@RyanShead That you have to explain why #AlexJones doesn't deserve a platform is ridiculous... Nice work Elmo.
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@ericriveracooks I've seen this guy before cook in motel and using the sink in the room, which was disgusting. But wow...
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@UFWupdates
United Farm Workers
3 years
Aguileo says, I want to tell you about what we do in the fields & how important it is. When you have fruits & vegetables on your table, it’s due to farmworkers. We wear gloves & masks so the produce you buy gets to your home clean. We are responsible for everybody’s health. 1/4
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Crispy Szechuan spareribs with Szechuan peppercorns, beef-shrimp dumplings, yu choy, squash, tofu, noodles, pork-chicken broth and fermented black bean chili sauce... Come eat!
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Nothing has changed...
@davenewworld_2
Fifty Shades of Whey
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"These countries are not underdeveloped, they're over-exploited." — Michael Parenti (1986)
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Just beautiful...
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GoodNewsCorrespondent
3 years
Grandmother who is blind meets her baby grandson for the first time! "My mother is blind and my brother told her he was bringing over some flowers for her birthday." 😭💐👶🏽💐😭. (🎥:hurtadocarla)
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When leftover chorizo-chicken nachos become chilaquiles... #cheflife #simpledinner
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Congratulations to my amazingly smart and beautiful daughter Kelsey! So proud of her! #mymonkey @UCLA
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Pull up....
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"They wanna break bread with you right? They like you? Well then this is there problem too. So when we're marching and protesting and posting about the Michael Brown Jrs & Atatiana Jeffersons of the world, TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO PULL UP"
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Policy based on any religion is a failure to it's people...
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Look at the way these politicians talk about Israel. They're in an apocalyptic death cult.
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Taco leftovers become chilaquiles with eggs...
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Look how goddamn beautiful...
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Sometimes ya want wings! Spicy pickle juice brined, then buttermilk next. Homemade habanero wing sauce! Plus cornbread cause sure...
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Palestinian cookbooks help preserve a culture's identity
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Chef Michael Tsonton
3 years
Let's be clear. This pandemic has been a shit show for everyone. EVERYONE. So those restaurants, hotels and bars that are hiring people back, stop complaining about "no one wants to work" and save the "woe is me" bullshit. Create a safe workplace, pay people well, plus benefits.
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We all need this...
@GoodNewsCorres1
GoodNewsCorrespondent
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I needed to see this today. This exchange is the sweetest. "I missed you." Oliver: "I love you too, Eryn" 🥰 (📹:shannfitzgerald)
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Pro tip from Eric and me. An empty and/or all-you-can-eat sushi joint is a bad idea always. And don't be this guy either...
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eric rivera
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soy sauce with a side of sushi
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Sunday dinner with my daughter home from college. #Furama #dimsum
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@SouthDallasFood What a clown. That people still spend big money on his ridiculousness is shocking....
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Truth...
@Hakeemx3
Hakman
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I tweet this at least once a year as a reminder to myself.
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Taking time away is equally about doing fucking nothing...
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@kittenwithawhip Dogs make our entire lives better every day! Period.
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This is how ya raise egg laying hens...
@gunsnrosesgirl3
Science girl
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This free range hen farm
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Will store for a something later... #duckconfit
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Pea shoots with garlic, ginger and housemade fermented black bean chili vinegar...
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Large white Lima beans from @RanchoGordo Tuscan style. Simmered, then baked with aged Castelmagno cheese and Pecorino Romano...
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2 years
Great bread and butter is magical...
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Chef Michael Tsonton
4 years
@nygiantfanDave @gaynycdad @Mikel_Jollett @SethCha85478563 Our entire Government operates in the red. You need to learn what the entire mission of the @USPS does for all Americans. #SaveUSPS
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Chef Michael Tsonton
2 years
Truth. Brutal truth at 4:25...
@Imposter_Edits
🥀_ Imposter_🥀
2 years
Irish lawmakers call for actions against Israel for its apartheid. Calling for sanctions against Israel just as severe as those just levied against Putin.
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The amount of sites I come across on this platform where people call themselves "Chef" is maddening. You wouldn't make it through one service in garmo. Cut it the fuck out...
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@Phil_Lewis_
philip lewis
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Baldwin & Co, a new Black-owned coffee & bookstore, opened today in New Orleans
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One week from today she comes out from #Chicago hibernation... #gofast @showmeabike
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Foie gras terrine with flavored gelee and black raisin brioche toast... *goddamn great to be me
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