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Swan Song
FromThe Distance
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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In the ice sculpture world of the 70s and 80s, swans ruled the roost. Jim Nadeau carved a swan every Sunday for the brunch service of the hotel where he worked. He doesn't make too many swans anymore, but the shape is still taught in culinary schools. In this mini episode, find out how swans became standard in ice sculptures and what rookie carvers can learn from making them.
Released:
Jul 12, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (84)
Ideal Box Co.: When Al Capone needed crates to smuggle liquor to his speakeasies, he bought boxes from a Chicago manufacturer called Ideal Box Co. Today, the company is run the Eisen brothers, whose great-grandfather started the business in 1924, and the Eisens are sha by The Distance