{"id":14949,"date":"2014-07-29T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=14949"},"modified":"2014-07-22T13:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T18:10:14","slug":"cook-of-the-house-richard-traylor-of-tre-amici","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/cook-of-the-house-richard-traylor-of-tre-amici\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook of the House: Richard Traylor of Tre Amici"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ColumnHeader-CookOfTheHouse.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"119\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1109\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ColumnHeader-CookOfTheHouse.jpg?resize=350%2C119\" alt=\"Column Header Cook Of The House\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ColumnHeader-CookOfTheHouse.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ColumnHeader-CookOfTheHouse.jpg?resize=300%2C102&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Name?<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <strong>Richard Traylor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Restaurant and Position?<\/strong><\/span> <strong>Chef, Tre Amici<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Where are you from?<\/strong><\/span> Greenville, Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How did you get into cooking?<\/strong><\/span> An old TV show called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatchefs.com\/about-great-chefs\/\"><em>Great Chefs of the World<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is the best thing about your job?<\/strong><\/span> The freedom it offers to cook what I want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/RichardTraylor.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"915\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14950\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/RichardTraylor.jpg?resize=600%2C915\" alt=\"RichardTraylor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/RichardTraylor.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/RichardTraylor.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Who is your favorite cook\/chef?<\/strong><\/span> Gordon Ramsey<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What kitchen tool\/utensil could you not live without?<\/strong><\/span> Knife<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is your favorite flavor combo?<\/strong><\/span> Savory and acidic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Name three items in your fridge:<\/strong><\/span> Cold packed pickles, juice, ketchup<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Where do you get your best recipe ideas?<\/strong><\/span> The internet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is the best meal you\u2019ve ever eaten?<\/strong><\/span> My Grandmother\u2019s raw kibbeh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is the weirdest meal you\u2019ve ever eaten?<\/strong><\/span> Weird? There\u2019s nothing weird about food. If it\u2019s edible I\u2019ll eat it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Personal specialties:<\/strong><\/span> Seafood<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Favorite midnight snack:<\/strong><\/span> Goldfish<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Favorite kitchen music:<\/strong><\/span> Michael Jackson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Who would you most like to cook for and what would you prepare?<\/strong><\/span> No preference. I cook with pride for all customers, and I would prepare a full Lebanese dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Where do you like to dine in Oxford?<\/strong><\/span> Any place that John Currence doesn\u2019t own!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Favorite restaurant in the world:<\/strong><\/span> Tre Amici<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aspirations:<\/strong><\/span> To raise my child to become something other than a chef. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fried catfish&#8230;eat the tail or no?<\/strong><\/span> I prefer my fish filleted, so no.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name? Richard Traylor Restaurant and Position? Chef, Tre Amici Where are you from? 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