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WHAT'S THE BEST BOOK YOU'VE READ THIS YEAR? Shakespeare's Kitchen by Francine Segan. This may be the first scholarly fun cookbook; it is about menus and recipes of Shakespeare's time.
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WHAT'S SPINNING ON YOUR CD PLAYER? Barber's Adagio for Strings, Opus 11. This adagio is generally regarded as the saddest music ever written, although I propose Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas by Purcell.
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WHAT'S YOUR HIDDEN TALENT? I am a close-up magician. I was the chief instructor for the Institute of Magic of New York when I first moved to New York, and I've performed 29 shows at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.
- WHO INSPIRES YOU? High school seniors and college freshmen inspire me. To many of them, it is all about the future and unlimited possibilities.
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WHAT ARE YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS? My 1785 Betts violin; my Steinway grand bearing the autographs of the Steinway brothers; a Kellar-Thurston “Mantle of Magic” 1908 Strobridge lithograph; my Domenico Spano Norfolk country suits; a Dai Vernon autographed, 1902 copy of S.W. Erdnase's The Expert at the Card Table: Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table; and my grandfather's gold pocket watch.
Bjorn Hanson, PhD, global industry leader in the hospitality & leisure practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, is a frequent speaker at hospitality industry events.
