Friday, December 1, 2006

Advent Ball December 2nd


Before becoming a world renowned six star chef (and meeting Jacinto) Ciccio's life wasn't so fantastic. For starters he started going bald at 15: something that permanently scared his ever so weak psyche. Thus, due to his pre-mature balding, he spent loads of time in the kitchen with his mom - a lovely woman who had loads of affairs with 'the hired help' - learning all the most intricate foods and delicacies the world over.

But Ciccio soon realized that 'life with mom' wasn't going to work out and ran away from home at the tender age of 17. All he had with him was a book on cooking (which he stole from his mother and which was actually full of ancient Sicilian delights that his great grandmother had asked a scribe to write down for her), a new suit, and his tooth brush - naturally he didn't need a comb, something that just made the poor boy cringe with embarrassment!

In any case he made his way in the world for a few years (we won't say exactly what he did, but life isn't easy sometimes) before finally becoming the dish washer boy at a 5 star restaurant in Rio. One night Ciccio went from dishwasher to chef due to the principle chef's full blown case of scurvy he picked up from a sailor boy. Ciccio took over with his Sicilian dishes and was an instant hit with the elite of Rio. It wasn't long though before he met Jacinto in Venice; he was supposed to go to Sicily –via Malta- but ended up frolicking happily amongst the colourful old buildings and quaint canals of Venice instead, and it was here that he fell in love with Jacinto and the dream of eternal love came true in Paris – after he followed Jacinto there – via Sicily this time…


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