I follow a lot of chefs on Twitter. I’m not sure why, exactly. Like many Twitter users, what they have to say is sometimes wonderful and enlightening; other times it’s just the stupid banter they exchange with their peers. There is the odd recipe link or photo to some food porn picture they’ve taken but one thing that seems to be a constant is they tweet about going out to eat.
You might find it odd that people who run kitchens and make food for a living would choose to spend their down-time on the other side of the pass-through but I don’t. In fact, I think it’s a great business point. Continue reading
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Going Out To Eat
Filed under food, Thinking Aloud
Sauces
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This Foodie Friday the theme is sauces. I was watching some golf highlights on TV and of course sauces came to mind immediately. I know – my just having said the word makes you think that as well. Or maybe not. So let me explain and you might even see the business point that came to mind.
Let me say up front that what I’m about to say isn’t unique to golf highlights as you’ll see in a minute. I’m watching the highlight and up from the lower portion of the screen comes a graphic describing what I’m seeing (no, the closed captioning wasn’t on..). The graphic obscures a good 15% of the screen and all of the lower part. The issue is that the hole was in the lower part and so the viewer never actually sees the highlight of the ball going in the hole (or maybe it nearly missed – who could tell). What does this have to do with sauces? Continue reading
Filed under food, Uncategorized
That Smell
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The Mrs. and I went out for dinner the other night and since it’s Foodie Friday I thought that could serve as our food-related jumping off point. It was an Indian restaurant, the latest branch of an excellent group. We’ve eaten in two of their other places in nearby towns and were kind of excited to try something only a few minutes’ drive away.
The food was excellent – generous portions that were well prepared. The service was good as well so you’re not going to get another customer service rant today. However, we probably won’t be eating there again and the reason why is instructive. Continue reading
Filed under food, Helpful Hints
Consult Keith 