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" And you may find yourself Living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself In another part of the world And you may find yourself Behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house With a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, well How did I get here?" So goes the epic tune by Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime. It is a classic pop-rock song from the '80s  I found myself in a very different position on the last two days. A position I wanted to be and put myself for a few years but never had the courage or the finances to actually do it. So, this season, Santa Claus came early at Chefonabike HQ. One morning I found a blinking brand new Jones Snowboard. I am talking about a brand new split board, the Jones Frontier 159, equipped with K2 Far Out binding and G3 skins. Jeremy Jones is a living legend of the sport. He grew up and raced the "hard boots snowboarding" before becoming a freeride icon.  ...

THE "NON" RISOTTO..... Yes, Sir! Yes, Madame! You are correct. You have indeed read the "non" risotto. There is no shadow of a doubt that Italians knows how to make an excellent risotto. The Piedmont (Piemonte) region of Itay is well known for its magnificent rice fields that extend as the far as the yey can see..the provinces of Vercelli and Novara as well as Biella, Turin, Cuneo and Casale Monferrato. What's the best rice you ask? Carnaroli, off course. Followed by Arborio Vialone Nano. Carnaroli is the "Ferrari" of risotto rice. Discovered by Emiliano Carnaroli, the rice is elegant, succulent, decadent..it keeps its shape much better (compared to its poorer brothers) because of the higher content in "amido" (starch) and it works superbly well in risotto making. But... What if you Sir and you Madame, would like to cook a risotto dish without using any rice?!? Would that be even possible??? The answer is yes. Yes, off course...