Aunt Maude’s
By Ellen Walsh
Photgraphy By Steve Aja

Chef
Kurt Chausse of Aunt Maude’s Restaurant lists
Julia Child as one of his main influences. As a kid,
he would huddle around the TV with his grandmother
to watch Child’s legendary cooking show. But
he was not initiated into the kitchen world until
the age of thirteen when he took a dishwashing job
in Blackstone, Massachusetts. Encouraged by the restaurant’s
cook, Chausse soon graduated from the sink to the
stove. By the time he was in his early twenties, he
had worked in several restaurants through out Massachusetts
and New Hampshire. After attending culinary school
at Des Moines Area Community College, Chausse finally
landed in Ames, Iowa where he is now corporate chef
for three restaurants: Aunt Maude’s Restaurant,
O’Malley & McGee’s and The Cafe.
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Chausse
prefers locally grown ingredients-- not only for the
sake of freshness and taste, but for the sake of not
supporting large agriculture corporations. As Chausse
puts it, he is doing his part to, “keep corporations
from taking over the world.”
Chef
Recipes
Grilled
Eden Natural Pork Chop with Parsnip Mash with Forestiere
Sauce
Heirloom
Tomatoes Panganella Salad