From the Staunton, VA, News Leader:

Bob Pastorio

SWOOPE Born in New Brunswick, N.J., Bob graduated with a degree in English
from Rutgers University. During the first half of his life, he briefly
supported himself as a musician (playing guitar with the Chad Mitchell Trio,
among other gigs,) he worked as a professional photographer, he earned an
MBA and visited or lived in about 60 countries while an international
marketing manager for Westinghouse.

He left the corporate world in the 1970s, and after professional training,
ran his own and others' restaurants, ranging from fast food to
white-tablecloth operations offering international cuisine as well as
resorts and country clubs. He also wrote more than 1,500 articles, some of
which were picked up by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, the New York Times
Syndicate and slick, full-color national and regional magazines like USAir
and The Virginian.

He wrote seven entries in the new Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of
Food and Drink in America.

Both of Bob's WSVA Harrisonburg radio programs, one call-in and one
scripted, centered around food, cooking and culinary wisdom and foolishness.
He made periodic appearances on commercial and PBS television stations,
taught cooking classes at various schools and universities and catered
private occasions for the last 20 years. He had a long-time love of bonsai
and treated his trees like artwork. His lifelong desire was to be one of the
first tourists on the moon.

Bob is survived by wife, Carol Thomas; daughters, Robin Pastorio-Newman and
Carin Rencher, both of New Jersey; and Carla Pastorio of Swoope; a son James
Pastorio of Los Angeles; six grandchildren; a sister, Gloria Bernard, also
of New Jersey; and friends around the world who filled the last weeks of his
life with joy and laughter.

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> From the Staunton, VA, News Leader:
>
> Bob Pastorio
>
> SWOOPE Born in New Brunswick, N.J., Bob graduated with a degree in English
> from Rutgers University. During the first half of his life, he briefly
> supported himself as a musician (playing guitar with the Chad Mitchell
> Trio, among other gigs,) he worked as a professional photographer, he
> earned an MBA and visited or lived in about 60 countries while an
> international marketing manager for Westinghouse.
>
> He left the corporate world in the 1970s, and after professional training,
> ran his own and others' restaurants, ranging from fast food to
> white-tablecloth operations offering international cuisine as well as
> resorts and country clubs. He also wrote more than 1,500 articles, some of
> which were picked up by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, the New York
> Times Syndicate and slick, full-color national and regional magazines like
> USAir and The Virginian.
>
> He wrote seven entries in the new Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of
> Food and Drink in America.
>
> Both of Bob's WSVA Harrisonburg radio programs, one call-in and one
> scripted, centered around food, cooking and culinary wisdom and
> foolishness. He made periodic appearances on commercial and PBS television
> stations, taught cooking classes at various schools and universities and
> catered private occasions for the last 20 years. He had a long-time love
> of bonsai and treated his trees like artwork. His lifelong desire was to
> be one of the first tourists on the moon.
>
> Bob is survived by wife, Carol Thomas; daughters, Robin Pastorio-Newman
> and Carin Rencher, both of New Jersey; and Carla Pastorio of Swoope; a son
> James Pastorio of Los Angeles; six grandchildren; a sister, Gloria
> Bernard, also of New Jersey; and friends around the world who filled the
> last weeks of his life with joy and laughter.
>
>

What a cool obit! Thanks for posting it.

On Apr 2, 8:24?pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
> (no spam)" >
> wrote in m...
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> > From the Staunton, VA, News Leader:
>
> > Bob Pastorio
>
> > SWOOPE Born in New Brunswick, N.J., Bob graduated with a degree in English
> > from Rutgers University. During the first half of his life, he briefly
> > supported himself as a musician (playing guitar with the Chad Mitchell
> > Trio, among other gigs,) he worked as a professional photographer, he
> > earned an MBA and visited or lived in about 60 countries while an
> > international marketing manager for Westinghouse.
>
> > He left the corporate world in the 1970s, and after professional training,
> > ran his own and others' restaurants, ranging from fast food to
> > white-tablecloth operations offering international cuisine as well as
> > resorts and country clubs. He also wrote more than 1,500 articles, some of
> > which were picked up by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, the New York
> > Times Syndicate and slick, full-color national and regional magazines like
> > USAir and The Virginian.
>
> > He wrote seven entries in the new Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of
> > Food and Drink in America.
>
> > Both of Bob's WSVA Harrisonburg radio programs, one call-in and one
> > scripted, centered around food, cooking and culinary wisdom and
> > foolishness. He made periodic appearances on commercial and PBS television
> > stations, taught cooking classes at various schools and universities and
> > catered private occasions for the last 20 years. He had a long-time love
> > of bonsai and treated his trees like artwork. His lifelong desire was to
> > be one of the first tourists on the moon.
>
> > Bob is survived by wife, Carol Thomas; daughters, Robin Pastorio-Newman
> > and Carin Rencher, both of New Jersey; and Carla Pastorio of Swoope; a son
> > James Pastorio of Los Angeles; six grandchildren; a sister, Gloria
> > Bernard, also of New Jersey; and friends around the world who filled the
> > last weeks of his life with joy and laughter.
>
> What a cool obit! Thanks for posting it.- Hide quoted text -
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Isn't it wonderful, and strange, how you can miss someone who you
never met, but someone who was important to you. A wise, kind,
intelligent man. God Bless Bob Pastorio.
Nancree

That was treat to read and appreciate you posting. Just sad it was
his obituary. A man of many interests and accomplishments.

On 3 Apr 2007 02:08:13 -0700, "nancree" > wrote:
>> > From the Staunton, VA, News Leader:
>>
>> > Bob Pastorio
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>Isn't it wonderful, and strange, how you can miss someone who you
>never met, but someone who was important to you. A wise, kind,
>intelligent man. God Bless Bob Pastorio.

Well said. He was a man among men, a man I never met in "real life"
but feel I knew well here. In the hereafter, I'll no doubt be bending
an elbow with him a time or three. Say hi to my dear daddy, Bob! No,
seriously....

TammyM

"TammyM" > wrote in message
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> On 3 Apr 2007 02:08:13 -0700, "nancree" > wrote:
>>> > From the Staunton, VA, News Leader:
>>>
>>> > Bob Pastorio
> <snip>
>>Isn't it wonderful, and strange, how you can miss someone who you
>>never met, but someone who was important to you. A wise, kind,
>>intelligent man. God Bless Bob Pastorio.
>
> Well said. He was a man among men, a man I never met in "real life"
> but feel I knew well here. In the hereafter, I'll no doubt be bending
> an elbow with him a time or three. Say hi to my dear daddy, Bob!


And here comes the most appropriate epitaph:

> No, seriously...

We should include that in our Saturday Evening Toast!

Felice