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Reader: Dana Rodriguez is full of insights…but isn’t full of herself

For the last Chef and Tell interview of 2011, Lori Midson talked with Dana Rodriguez, the executive chef of Bistro Vendome, about everything from a Mexican girl making French food to her inspirational life story. The result left readers hungry to know more...and eat more...
By Patricia CalhounDecember 27, 2011
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For the last Chef and Tell interview of 2011, Lori Midson talked with Dana Rodriguez, the executive chef of Bistro Vendome, about everything from a Mexican girl making French food to her inspirational life story.

The result left readers hungry to know more…and eat more.

Says Jeff:

I haven’t been to Bistro Vendome in a long time, and now I want to go back. Chef Rodriguez clearly knows what she’s doing. It’s always a pleasure to read one of these interviews where the chef isn’t full of themselves.

Besides, everyone knows that Mexican girls make the best cooks! 🙂

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame (probably for her bar tab). She’s received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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