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Cranbrook man writes about life in Communist Czechoslovakia
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has been made in 43 different countries, premiered the first Cranbrook’s Danielle Car- Canadian season on Jan. 20. Danielle did not feature in dozo Enter proceeded to the top 16 at www.pulseresearch.com/VI in MasterChef Canada’s sec- the first episode, aside from ond episode, which aired on brief shots of her face in the crowd of Top 50 contestants. CTV on Monday, Jan. 27. But on Monday night’s secDanielle, who works for ?aq’am (St. Mary’s Band) and ond episode, she featured is a sous chef at the Heid Out prominently. If you haven’t watched the Restaurant and Brewhouse, was first announced as a episode yet and don’t want to member of the new series’ top know what happens, stop reading now. 50 last month. The episode never showed The hit TV series, which
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Danielle’s audition for a white apron, signifying progress past the top 50. Thus we never saw her cook her signature dish, pan-seared miso-glazed rainbow trout, served with ponzu mushrooms and citrus miso broth, which was served at last week’s viewing party at the Heid Out. Then, when the judges came out to address the home cooks who had earned a white apron, there was Cranbrook’s very own Danielle Cardozo in
the crowd. About 25 cooks made it to this level, and they were then presented with a “stress test” challenge. At first it looked as if the cooks were going to be asked to butcher a live chicken. Thankfully, the lights came up on a long row of cooking stations, each with an entire raw chicken, a cutting board, a single burner and a sauce pan.
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George Horak was born into a poor Czech family, educated during the German occupation, and was forced to flee the Communists in Czechoslovakia under the cover of darkness. From this tumultous early life, Horak’s life moved from one adventure to another, until he found his way to Cranbrook in the 1990s. Now Horak, 84, has published his enthralling memoirs in a book, called “Witness: Voices and Choices”. Born in 1929, Horak was only 10 when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. “Every school classroom had a picture of Hitler on the front wall,” he writes. He was forced to enter the workforce as an apprentice book-binder at age 14. At the same time, he volunteered to patrol for unexploded bombs in his Czech city of Brno during the American bombing. “I got involved whenever I could. When most people were hiding in their cellars, I was out days and nights too,” he writes. Horak had a transfor-
mative spiritual experience at a Catholic retreat at age 18, and he set a goal of becoming a priest. After the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948, Horak began to bump heads with the Communist police. As he began his priestly studies, Horak went into hiding. Eventually, after several close calls with arrest, he fled Czechoslovakia in the dead of night, smuggled over a poorly patrolled border into Austria. As a refugee, life only became harder for Horak. He travelled first to Salzburg, then to Venezuela, and finally to Rome, where he was accepted to study theology at a Czech Catholic college. After being ordained as a priest in 1958, aged 29, he served a small Italian community, before joining a Jesuit college in Austria. Around this time, he developed a lifelong passion for yoga, which he continues to practice today. Not long after, Horak was invited to join a Czech Jesuit community in Montreal, and he immigrated to Canada in 1962.
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