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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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It is my belief that the majority of people in the world wish for nothing more than a fair shot at personal growth and a modicum of success.  No matter what geographical position we inhabit,  or lifestyle we pursue,   we all accept the presence of a higher power. It is my prayer that we [...]

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“Molecular farming in plants will become a preeminent method for the production of pharmaceutical molecules in the next 10 years.” – Fischer et. al. Transgenic Research (2000) It’s seen on ponds and lakes the world over and generally taken as a common eyesore and a nuisance for swimmers.  As a child we heard all kinds [...]

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Paul Caron responded to my previous post asking for suggestions for post-Thanksgiving remnants.  I am mystified as to why anybody feels a need make leftovers complicated.  If you have done your Google search for “left over turkey” or derivatives thereof, you get over 1,000,000 options, all of which offer ideas on dealing with the remains [...]

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The weather, dry, sunny and cool has brought us spectacular displays of color. With fall comes a thirst for the cider my neighbors make on the creaky old press that’s been in their family for generations. I’m not sure what it is about cider that captivates me, but I must indulge and I like to [...]

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Over the last four years photographer Paul Mobley traveled the United States and met more than 300 farmers.  You can see a few of them here.  Paging through the book,  American Farmer,  one feels the warm, gritty soil and the sun, hard on your neck. The book shows us the heart of the U. S. [...]

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I was wandering around the Internet curious about the dilemma of what is or is not environmentally correct about the choices I make in my daily life.  Welllll…….   it’s not that simple. I ran across this post which made me realize that I need to first attain PhDs in Biodiversity, Chemical Engineering, Ecological  Economics, [...]

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The first time I tasted Mexican salsa verde I became a fan of the tomatillo.  There are Italian, German, and French, versions of this sauce as well, which I favor in that order.  The Italian style uses capers, garlic, and anchovies creating flavor layers that play on the tongue like a symphony orchestra, while the [...]

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My God-parents, Roscoe and Dorothy Martin,  passed this year but left me with memories that carry me to a time when all things were dreams yet to be explored.  It was 1958.  World War II and Korea had ended, and as I look back I realize everyone was buoyant because they had survived the two [...]

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