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BY VERONICA KUFFEL Tucson Local Media Staff
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Mardi co-owns the 20-year-old Cuisine Classique cooking school with her husband, Bob Burden, both of whom teach knife handling straight out of the gate. The Burdens teach the class at their home on West Magee Road, where they’re hosting an open house 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 16. The teaching room features a very large island, where students are equipped with their own
he Marana Town Council reviewed the municipality’s second-quarter budget results during its Feb. 21 meeting, and, according to financial director Yiannis Kalaitzidis, said they are favorable. “I’m happy to report that through December we continue to do very well,” Kalaitzidis said regarding revenue. “We continue to do better than we anticipated in most of the categories. Specifically, our general fund is at 55% of where we anticipated it to be.” The council expects the town will be halfway to its revenue goals around this time of year, and the numbers suggest that it is ahead of its projections. Along with the general fund, town revenue comes from a variety of avenues, including HURF (Highway User Revenue Fund), transportation fund, bed tax fund, half-cent sales tax, water fund, water reclamation fund and the airport fund. Kalaitzidis stated that almost every fund on the revenue side is performing to expectations, if not higher, for this time of year. “The only area we’re underperforming
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Mardi Burden teaches knife skills first at Cuisine Classique, her home cooking school. She strives to teach both adults and children how to be fearless about being creative with a recipe. (Noelle Haro-Gomez/Submitted)
Cuisine Classique cuts to the chase BY KAREN SCHAFFNER Tucson Local Media Staff
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ardi Burden learned to cook the hard way. She, admittedly, cut her fingers “millions” of times before she mastered knife handling. “I’ve put a knife through my hand,” said the outspoken Mardi. “Yeah, my hands look like crap.”
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