A Star in my Kitchen

Guess who came to cook at Cuisine de Provence yesterday? Let's put it that way: a real nice guy and his wife and three of his friends. I should have had a clue when his wife Joannie asked for a wooden spoon when her husband was chopping some onions. She claims it helps against the crying. Crying he didn't and even let himself be photographed like this  - not many men would have. So we were happily cooking away and at some point I asked "So what do you guys do in real life?" Two were doctors and this Monsieur just said - "I'm retired, but I used to be an actor". Well, I have to admit, I still didn't have a clue (shame, shame, shame...)
And then one of his friends said "and he is a real famous actor." OMG! Turns out he is Dennis Franz, the TV Icon of "Hill Street Blues", aka the famous Detective Andy Sipowicz in "NYPD Blue".  For Heaven's sake, the guy  played with Bruce Willis in "Die Hard 2" and I didn't recognize him....
Sorry again, Dennis but it sure was a great honor to have you and your very, very nice friends in my kitchen! And Joannie, thank you so much for sharing your kitchen tips with me! I think spraying your baking forms with baking grease by placing them onto the open door of the dishwasher and so having any spills there where they will be washed away instead of on the kitchen counter is an especially good one!

Dennis Franz