Susan Spicer's Life And Accomplishments

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As a chef, Susan Spicer wanted to increase her culinary experience by travelling to different places from “California to Europe” (Spicer 5). However, after her travels abroad, she always received a “siren call of New Orleans” (Spicer 5). Although she had a great passion for the city of New Orleans, she was not born in New Orleans (Spicer 3). She moved in to New Orleans when she was seven, and during her living in New Orleans she “toyed with the idea of becoming a cook” (Spicer 3). Susan Spicer, as time went by, she gain great experience both in the city of New Orleans, working with her mentor at exclusive restaurants and in other places in the world working in fancy restaurants. In the end, she could not stayed away from “New Orleans for very

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