Scott TESSIER

An interview with Scott Tessier of Shrewsbury Street’s Porto Bello Restaurant

By Paul Giorgio

June 2005 – Scott, a graduate of Newbury College- Brookline and the UMass Boston School of Hotel Management, has been cooking for 14 years, 11 of them at his family owned business, Porto Bello. Prior to joining his family, he cooked at The Country Club in Brookline and the Kennedy Library in Dorchester.

Pulse: What is your favorite food to cook?
ST: Sautéed fishes
Pulse: What is your favorite thing to eat?
ST: Pizza
Pulse: From where?
ST: Figs in Boston and the Wonder Bar in
Worcester
Pulse: What is your cooking philosophy?
ST: Keep everything organized, keep the kitchen clean and have fun.
Pulse: What is your favorite herb?
ST: Basil. I like all different kinds — some that people don’t know about. I use lemon basil with fish and cinnamon basil with pork. And of course I use a lot of sweet Italian basil here. I never use oregano in any of my recipes.
Pulse: What is your favorite flavor?
ST: Well, I really like demi-glace as a flavor.
Pulse: What are three things in your home refrigerator?
ST: Italian cold cuts, chardonnay and beer
Pulse: Who’s the most famous person you ever cooked for, anywhere?
ST: Matt Scanell from the band Vertical Horizonand Paul Cook from Anthrax
Pulse: What was your biggest cooking embarrassment?
ST: The handle broke on a 10 gallon pan that was full of red sauce. That makes a mess, if you’ve ever tried cleaning up tomato sauce.
Pulse: Ok, what is your biggest accomplishment?
ST: Owning Porto Bello in Worcester for 10 years.
Pulse: If you could invite three people to dinner, who would they be?
ST: Mario Batali, Julia Child and Anthony Boudoin, who is the” bad boy” of chefs

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Pierrette TESSIER

 Mme Pierrette TESSIER,

âgée de 83 ans et 4 mois,

épouse de M. Jacques Hamelin,

décédée le 17 février 2015 à Montréal,Qc.
SOURCE www.jjcardinal.ca 

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Vannie LAVINE

Vannie LAVINE and Lora WILLIAMS

Burial:
King Cemetery
Hartburg
Newton County
Texas, USA
Created by: Mark Simmons
Record added: Apr 21, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 108873538

Gerald LAVIGNE

«Gerald W. LaVigne, 87, of North Reading and formerly of Melrose, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, at Meadow View Care and Rehabilitation in North Reading.
Born in Chazy, New York on May 31, 1927. He was the son of the late Lyman and Bertha A. (Duprey) LaVigne. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, he was Technician 5th Grade with the 142nd Armored Signal Company, he served from 1945 to 1946.
Gerald was a graduate of Harvard University. He was a Design Engineer, he worked for Raytheon and Honeywell for thirty five years, until his retirement. He was a resident of North Reading for the past 15 years and a member of St. Theresa’s Church. He was a member of the North Reading Militia (Minutemen) and the Concord Minutemen.
He was a kind, gentle, beloved spouse, a genius, deep thinker and a devoted family man...»
SOURCE http://patch.com/massachusetts/northreading/obituary-gerald-w-lavigne-north-reading-resident

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Lucette TESSIER

«Mme Lucette TESSIER de Saint-André-Avellin 

est décédée le samedi 31 janvier 2015 à l'âge de 78 ans.

Filles des défunts Albert Tessier et Denise Bock.

Tendre épouse de Jacques Boyer, 

elle laisse dans le deuil ses fils: Sylvain (Annie) et Martin (Lucie) 

ainsi que ses petits-enfants: Sandrine et Guillaume.
Elle était la chère soeur de Jean-Marie, Réjean et Marthe...»

SOURCE www.mfshieldsberthiaume.ca

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