FRIED COFFEE

In the 1976 movie Network Howard Beale, a news commentator becomes fed up with greed.  See the clip below.  Then go to your window and let your voice be heard. I’m Mad As Hell And I’m Not Gonna Take This Anymore This plague threatens the entire world. 1)  The recent outbreak of peanut based Salmonella [...]

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The New York Times writer Seth Sherwood has written a great article about my favorite cuisine and marked Morocco as the culinary destination of the year. The foods are notable for their unique blending of friuts, nuts, and spices usually found in pastries.  The flavor levels are complex and exceptionally satisfying.  Cinnamon, ginger, mint, and [...]

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There’s only one reason for winter and it’s not the pursuit of a perfectly crafted snow angel or an injury waiting to happen while strapped onto moving things that speed down nastily sloped and narrow passages through the woods.  It doesn’t require a motor or demand hours camped on ice with a string dangling through [...]

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Dina Berta caught me in the office a few weeks ago and found the concept of per diem Chef services interesting enough to write an article about us in Nation’s Restaurant News. The benefits of temporary Chef services are apparent to large food service operations like Aramark, Sodexo, or Compass.  The costs of hiring and [...]

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Many businesses seem to have come to the decision that customer service is not necessary anymore.   The cost of dedicating staff, time, and training can be realized as profit if people will buy our product or service without it.  Or, perhaps, if it’s too difficult to get to a customer service person, fewer resources will [...]

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