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Moral Decay In Our Industry – Culinary Satire

July 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Commentary

I was totally shocked by what I read over my coffee this morning. Our industry is going through troubling and challenging times as it is, without the added problems this kind of thing is going to create. The very structure of our world society, and, civilization as a whole,  is being threatened with collapse and [...]

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Seasonal Chef

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Chef Jobs, On The Job, Senior Chefs, TemporaryChef Services

Seasonal resorts and food service operations face culinary staffing issues that can be tough to address due to the short employment span. Personnel retention,   year to year continuity,   and competence deficiencies are three of the biggest issues. TemporaryChef.com offers a solution. 1)  Reliable full season commitment. 2)  Mature career Chefs experienced in purchasing [...]

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Web 2.0 and The Foodservice Industry…… or Taco Twitter

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Chef Jobs, Commentary, Food, Local Food, On The Job

Start with two top notch Chefs – add an offbeat fusion menu ( Korean Tacos) – mix in social networking and guerilla marketing -  microblogging -  Japanese dancehall reggae audio – stick the entire concept on wheels and you end up with: The Kogi Korean Taco Truck One dark and stormy night Mark Manguera, an [...]

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Unemployed workers outraged over charges to inquire on benefits

March 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Howard Beale Lives

As we have seen over the last few months our financial institutions are here to help us.  Help us spend – that is. Some time back I took a short term position with an employer who payed by issuing debit cards and direct depositing the EOW pay.  I was new in the area so I [...]

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Do You Like It ?

February 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Commentary, Howard Beale Lives

Before you read this I want to point you to On The Issues.org where you can see complete records for your elected officials. Ed. Most Senators have changed their websites to no longer accept email.  Really?  I wonder why. Try the following links:  U.S. Senate list & House of Representatives.  As you can see they [...]

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High Tech Turkey

November 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Commentary, Food, Uncategorized

Butterball dished out bird cooking advice to more than 11,000 callers with only 6 overwhelmed phone operators when it started its toll free telephone help line 27 years ago in 1981. They’ve come a long way since then and have added Web 2.0 technology so you can sign up for timely turkey advice to be [...]

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