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Title: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: merithyn on November 05, 2013, 10:02:54 PM
The best (and most expensive) meal that I've ever eaten came from that man's kitchen. Very sad to hear that he died, and so very young at 54. :(
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: CountDeMoney on November 05, 2013, 10:04:00 PM
Munching while you cook is a killer, no secret there.
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: merithyn on November 05, 2013, 10:15:32 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 05, 2013, 10:04:00 PM
Munching while you cook is a killer, no secret there.

It's looking like suicide. He's had quite a run of really bad luck, recently, and was suffering through some serious financial issues.
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: Admiral Yi on November 05, 2013, 10:21:19 PM
Quote from: merithyn on November 05, 2013, 10:15:32 PM
It's looking like suicide. He's had quite a run of really bad luck, recently, and was suffering through some serious financial issues.

My money is on Trotter being one of Obama's butt buddies.
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: merithyn on November 05, 2013, 10:22:18 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 05, 2013, 10:21:19 PM
Quote from: merithyn on November 05, 2013, 10:15:32 PM
It's looking like suicide. He's had quite a run of really bad luck, recently, and was suffering through some serious financial issues.

My money is on Trotter being one of Obama's butt buddies.

:huh:

What do you mean by that?
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: CountDeMoney on November 05, 2013, 10:25:17 PM
 :lol:

See what you miss when you skip the Off-Topic Topic thread?
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: Admiral Yi on November 05, 2013, 10:26:23 PM
Quote from: merithyn on November 05, 2013, 10:22:18 PM
:huh:

What do you mean by that?

It's a running joke about Obama murdering his ex boy friends. 

Well, a joke that I'm trying to get running.
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: merithyn on November 05, 2013, 10:28:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 05, 2013, 10:25:17 PM
:lol:

See what you miss when you skip the Off-Topic Topic thread?

Yeah, sounds like a real gem that I missed there....
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: CountDeMoney on November 05, 2013, 10:30:22 PM
Yi's got the forensics all worked out.  Sure, he's lanky, but the proper application of pressure to both the carotid and jugular can kill a president's former lover, if one were so inclined.
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: Caliga on November 05, 2013, 10:30:27 PM
I didn't know Obama was gay :w00t:
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: Caliga on November 05, 2013, 10:31:37 PM
Did this Trotter dude make good POLISH SAAHSAGE?
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: Savonarola on November 06, 2013, 01:10:32 PM
Sorry to hear this; I had always wanted to eat at his restaurant.
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: Savonarola on November 06, 2013, 01:13:00 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 05, 2013, 10:31:37 PM
Did this Trotter dude make good POLISH SAAHSAGE?

:lol:

Chicago does have a number of great high end restaurants; but can anything ever top SUPERDAWG!?
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: Caliga on November 06, 2013, 01:26:46 PM
Weiner's Circle  :cool:
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: grumbler on November 06, 2013, 01:55:52 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 05, 2013, 10:30:27 PM
I didn't know Obama was gay :w00t:

No one is claiming Obama is gay, just that his lovers were.
Title: Re: RIP Charlie Trotter - Greatest Chicago Chef
Post by: merithyn on November 06, 2013, 01:59:26 PM
Not suicide, then.

QuoteAn autopsy is scheduled today for celebrated chef Charlie Trotter, who was found unconscious in his Lincoln Park home by his son, according to police.

An ambulance was called to the home in the 1800 block of North Dayton Street around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday after Trotter's son Dylan found him unresponsive, according to a police report. Trotter was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police have said the death does not appear suspicious. According to the police report, Trotter had suffered a stroke several months ago and had been told by a neurologist not to fly.  However, he had flown to Jackson Hole, Wyo. to address a culinary conference Sunday night.

"He got on a plane this weekend and his son found him unresponsive this morning," the police report stated. "No drugs, alcohol or weapons found on scene and no signs of any suspicious activity."

Larry Stone, Trotter's longtime sommelier and friend, said the chef told him about a brain aneurysm, and had been told by doctors that he should not be flying, should not be at high altitudes and should not exert himself because of the resulting pressure on his brain.

"It was a time bomb, and he felt that he didn't have a lot of time left," said Stone, who now works with the Quintessa winery in Napa Valley. "It was inoperable, and it was not something that could be repaired; it was deep inside the brain. ... It was obvious he had problems and he had some seizures. It's a condition that had worsened in the last few years but it was something he had for quite a while."