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Entries from September 2008

Open Letter to Barack Obama & John McCain

September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Commentary

This mess with our economy has me stymied. Everyone seems to be pointing accusing fingers and no one is explaining the situation to the average person who,  regardless of party affiliation,  loves this country and believes in the principles upon which it was founded.  We are stalwart in our dedication to supporting our flag and [...]

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Diet – Or Not ?

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Food, Healthy Eating

Tara Parker-Pope writes in the NYT about a trend that seems to make a lot of sense.  Instead of obsessing over how many grams of food we eat perhaps it’s time to focus on consuming healthy foods and really enjoy what we’re eating. Rather than  passive consumption  ingesting  fuel to supply our bodies with energy, [...]

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Got Milk?

September 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Commentary, Healthy Eating, Local Food, sustainability

Goodby Silverstein & Partners created an advertising campaign around these two words in 1993 for the California Milk Processor Board. Peta has added a new dimension to the phrase and solved the world economic crunch with one letter to Ben and Jerry in which they propose we use human breast milk for ice cream production. [...]

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My Dark Sin

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Commentary, On The Job

It’s early morning as I check my email and give thought to putting the day into some kind of order.  I need to take my recyclables to the transfer station,  make plans for my gorilla marketing campaign for the next week, and deal with my bookkeeping.  I know, I know, it’s not such heady stuff [...]

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Stuffing The Blossom

September 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Food, Healthy Eating, Local Food

As the year winds down and the weather turns cooler I always seem to experience a sort of primordial urge to concentrate my culinary talents on the fruits we call squash.  Wikipedia suggests the cultivation of it as far back as 8000 to 10,000 years ago.  It figures prominently in the art and pottery of [...]

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Culinary Outsourcing

September 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Chef Jobs, Commentary, Corporate Cafeterias, On The Job, Senior Chefs, TemporaryChef Services

It can be a huge problem when a temperamental chef decides to take his/her ego and flounce through the door on a busy night.   It is the height of unprofessional behavior , but it happens. A tight situation can lead to a hurried replacement decision.  Don’t rush into a rash appointment,  call TemporaryChef and an [...]

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