[Nfbofnc] FW: Culinary student uses a deft touch

[Tim Jones]

Thought you might enjoy this story.

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Culinary student uses a deft touch 
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Blind woman learning to be chef, hopes to open restaurant one day

By Rex W. Huppke
Tribune staff reporter

December 27 2009

A kitchen is a spiritual place for Laura Martinez, a space that arouses her
senses, excites her imagination. It's not where she imagined herself finding
such satisfaction. When she was too young to understand that she was blind,
she dreamed of being a surgeon. She grew up and out of such fantasies and
studied briefly to be a psychologist. 

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-blind-chef,0,5487991.st
ory 

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