mitchell bock-woo

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About me

Gender Male
Occupation Children's Security
Location Brooklyn, New York
Introduction Married 40 years,2 children, Born & raised in NYC, Brooklyn resident since 1979, Former Chef/Owner of the Empire Diner, Woodstock veteran, Riding the Bus is better than taking the Subway.
Interests Music, Food and its preparation, Reading, Movies, Bread
Favorite Movies Seven Samurai, Last of the Mohicans (1992), Sophie’s Choice, Unforgiven, Dead End, The Good Earth, Amelie, Taxi Driver, Body and Soul (1947), Wings of Desire, The Hours, High Noon, West Side Story, Ken Burns’ Baseball, Vertigo, Romeo and Juliet (19680), Star Wars-Episode IV-A New Hope
Favorite Music Piano Concerto #2-Rachmaninoff, Blue Skies-Willie Nelson, Joe Cocker’s performance at Woodstock, Einstein On The Beach & Satyagraha-Philip Glass, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs-Derek and The Dominos, Round About Midnight & Kind Of Blue-Miles Davis, New World Symphony-Dvorak, Rubber Soul & Revolver-The Beatles, Sunny Goodge Street-Judy Collins, Encadenados-Lucho Gatica, Pavane-Faure, Natural Woman & I Say A Little Prayer-Aretha Franklin, A New Perspective-Donald Byrd, April In Paris-Count Basie, Alison Krauss-Union Station, I Was Made to Love Her & As-Stevie Wonder, Liege and Leaf-Fairport Convention, A Change Is Gonna Come-Sam Cooke, Tangled Up in Blue & Girl From The North Country & Visions Of Johanna-Bob Dylan, Yesterdays-Billie Holiday, Buena Vista Social Club, Shady Grove-Doc Watson, Time Out-Dave Brubeck Quartet, Anything by Cole Porter, Bach Cello Suite #1 in G...1st movement
Favorite Books On Photography-Sontag, Cider House Rules-Irving, The Stone Raft & The Year of The Death of Ricardo Reis-Saramago, Cod & Salt-Kurlansky, Mao II & Libra-Delillo, Residence on Earth & Twenty Poems of Love and a Song Of Despair-Neruda, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat-Sacks, The Cook’s Illustrated Guide to Grilling and Barbecue, The Bourne Identity-Ludlum, Black Water & On Boxing-Oates, She’s Come Undone & I Know This Much Is True-Lamb, The Road & Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in The West-McCarthy, The Harlot By The Side of The Road-Kirsch, God: A Biography-Miles, The Dreaming Brain-Hobson, Angela’s Ashes-McCourt, Mists of Avalon-Zimmer, The Hero With a Thousand Faces-Campbell, The Wind In The Willows-Grahame, The Bread Bible-Beranbaum, The Joy of Cooking-Rombauer, Shoeless Joe-Kinsella, Mastering The Art of French Cooking Vol. I-Child, M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio-Robb, Death on The Installment Plan & Journey To The End of The Night-Celine, One Hundred Years of Solitude-Marquez, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock-Eliot, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen-McGee