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Food as the Music of Love

For all of Jay Magazine's achievements as a chef and then as catering sales manager of Windows on the World, his happiest moments were spent with his 13-year-old daughter, Melissa, and 10-year-old son, Andrew.His wife, Susan, is convinced that her husband's desire to hold his children close sprang from the early loss of his parents.Mr. Magazine, 48, was involved in every aspect of his children's lives, she said. Last spring, he watched Melissa ‹ playing with her school's team in the Junior Knicks program ‹ sink a layup in front of 19,000 people during halftime at a Knicks-Celtics game at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Magazine loved to cook with Andrew. Their specialty was hot salsa, a recipe that Andrew is now teaching his mother.The couple would have celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary on Oct. 17."This year," Mrs. Magazine said, "Andrew, Melissa and I shared gifts, dined with my brother and Jay's sister, toasted a wonderful family life, and spent the evening looking at photos and celebrating our 19 years of happy marriage."Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on October 31, 2001.