[Sca-cooks] Re: OT - need the OED again

[Stephanie Ross]

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Ok, here's the OED's definition:

Chef. 1842.[F.;='head'.] A head cook in the kitchen of a large household.
Chef d'oeuvre. Pl. chefs d'oeuvre. 1762. [F. lit. 'chief (piece) of work.] A
masterpiece.

Christianna

Thanks!
Aislinn

"Of the Good in you I can speak, but not of the Evil.  For what is Evil but Good -  tortured by its own hunger and thirst?  When Good is hungry, it seeks food , even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, it drinks even of dead waters." - Kahlil Gibran
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