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The Skinny: What Makes You You?

Did you move around a lot growing up, or did you generally stay in one place?

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We lived in Greendale, WI , just outside of Milwaukee. I lived there my whole life, in fact, my parents still live there.

Last updated: Dec 13 2012

 
I lived in the same house from the day I was born until the day I left for college. It was built by my father and is the sort of place I would like to build myself someday.

Last updated: Sep 10 2012

 
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  • Ben Lambert
  • Executive Chef
  • Bread & Tulips
  • New York City
We generally stayed in the same place in Northeast Ohio. We had a few different houses but always in the same area.

Last updated: Sep 5 2012

 
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Other than spending a summer in Colorado, I spend all my time in Winchester Kentucky.

Last updated: Oct 8 2012

 
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I lived in the Alton area until going away to college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Last updated: Jul 24 2012

 
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Yes, I am from an Army family so we moved every 3 to four years, and even within those years we changed houses, so yeah I moved A LOT. I lived in Germany twice, Kentucky, Tennessee twice, and Texas... more »

Last updated: Jun 25 2012

 
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i was raised in Alabama until I was 10. that's when my parents thought it would be a good idea to take a thick southern acsentened scrawny kid to live Cincinnati Ohio. After about 3 years of gettin... more »

Last updated: Apr 24 2012

 
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We moved once as a family when I was seven, and then I moved one more time when I went to school before ending up back in Cleveland.

Last updated: Apr 23 2012

 
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  • Melissa Trimmer
  • Pastry Chef
  • Le Cordon Bleu Chicago, Pastry Chef Instructor
  • Chicago, Illinois
We moved a lot, I don't think we ever stayed in a house for more than a year.

Last updated: Feb 2 2012

 
Jk
We moved around more than I would have liked at the time but I think in the long run it was a benefit.

Last updated: Sep 8 2011

 
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My family and I lived in the same house in the Mexican Village neighborhood in Detroit until I was in junior high. We were then transplanted to a small town about halfway to Lansing, MI that consi... more »

Last updated: Aug 5 2011

 
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  • Kevin Nashan
  • Executive Chef/Owner
  • Sidney Street Cafe
  • Saint Louis, Missouri
Lived in Santa Fe until college

Last updated: Jul 25 2011

 
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Stayed in Burton, Ohio until i was 17, then left for culinary school. After school moved to Atlanta then decided Ohio was where i wanted to be.

Last updated: Jul 18 2011

 
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We moved around a lot but we always lived in Rockford.

Last updated: Feb 18 2011

 
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I lived in south carolina up until i was 18. On a farm until i was three, and then in charleston. After high school, i moved to madison, wi for college and then chicago.

Last updated: Feb 1 2011

 
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Stayed in one place - Naperville, IL, until heading to Wisconsin for college, then NYC to teach 5th grade in the Bronx, then back to Chicago to cook and start a business.

Last updated: Jan 15 2011

 
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I grew up in one place. I went to the same school from 3-12 grade.

Last updated: Jan 12 2011

 
Picklesordinary
I didn't move a lot, but in the south I was exposed to a lot. I would spend weeks during the summer down in south Georgia with my grandparents. From going to the peanut fields in Plains, Ga to th... more »

Last updated: Dec 30 2010

 
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  • Norman Van Aken
  • NORMAN'S at the Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes, Orlando
  • Orlando, Fl.
We lived in the same little sub-village from my birth until I left for college. The place only had 250 people in it and zero businesses. My sisters, brother and I went to school in the next two tow... more »

Last updated: Dec 14 2010

 
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My Father was an architect, and was constantly building houses. We'd move from house to house as he finished and sold them. Location wise, we were in the Northern Chicago suburbs.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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  • David Katz
  • Executive Chef/Owner
  • Philadelphia, PA
1 house. 0-18.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
5trottersaw
I was fortunate to never have moved as a kid. My parents still live in the house I grew up in.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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I grew up in Queens, New York City and lived in the same neighborhood for my entire childhood.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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  • Nathan Sears
  • Executive Chef/Owner
  • The Radler and D.A.S.
  • Chicago, IL
I lived in 6 different places from 2nd grade till high school. From chicago to memphis.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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Not really

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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  • Adam Seger
  • Mixologist
  • Hum Spirits Co.
  • Chicago, IL
I grew up in south Louisiana and as such was exposed to a huge food culture early on. My dad is am Episcopal priest and Episcopalians, especially from south Louisiana love to eat, drink and enterta... more »

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
Dan solo
I grew up in the same house on Long Island from the age of 5 until I moved to NVC when I was 19.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
Stevemcdonagh3(2)
we stayed in one place; Wayne NJ. Perfect place to grow up; as we had access to NYC, the shore, the mountains and the country. very well rounded.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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I was born and raised in Chicago and the suburbs.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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I grew up in Elmhurst till I was 18.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
Jillg
we moved every few years, as the family got bigger, better local chicago suburbs.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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We stayed in one place. Good old Mequon, WI. It's still home and probably always will be in my mind.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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Chicago through and through.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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Lived in same house my whole childhood.

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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We stayed in one place...a row house in Philadelphia

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
Fehribach_paul
Born and raised in Jasper, Indiana. I have always tended to stay put. After school in Bloomington, Indiana, I stayed there for some years. So, I lived in Jasper for 18 years, Bloomington, Indiana f... more »

Last updated: Jan 5 2011

 
Tony_priolo
I stayed pretty much on the northwest side of Chicago

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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I spent my first 12 years in Chicago and then moved to Madison, WI where I lived for 10 years. Then Minneapolis for 1, then Florence Italy for another 1, and then Madison again for another 1, and s... more »

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
Chrissycake
Growing up, I only lived in one house. However, we did take many vacations - so summers were a blast b/c my mom thought it was very important for me to experience everything: roadtrips around the m... more »

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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  • Jason McLeod
  • Executive Chef/Owner
  • Box Tree Restaurant, Inc
  • San Diego, CA
We moved allot growing up, but mostly just homes not new cities..

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 
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Stayed in the "Jewel of the South", Columbus, GA

Last updated: Dec 13 2010

 

Last updated: Dec 13 2012