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Cookbooks

cookbook shelf 1

It’s Foodie Fun Friday for which I am grateful.  I’m going to give the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah a few days before I write about them, mostly because I have so many thoughts.  Today, we’ll do our usual Friday thing and talk about food a bit, trying to keep it on the light side, if that’s OK with you.

We own lots of cookbooks.  I did a rough count this morning and stopped at 200.  We’ve probably given away another 50 that we didn’t use much.   I know what you’re wondering – why would a guy who fancies himself a decent cook and often cooks without recipes own so many? Continue reading

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Cracking An Egg

An egg yolk surrounded by the egg white.

It’s Friday, so it’s time for more Foodie Fun.  Yes, another incomparable combination of food and business, although I’m going to be really brief today!

I was watching Jacques Pepin the other evening.  In the middle of explaining a recipe, he stopped to explain how to crack an egg.  Now, I’ve been cooking pretty seriously for 40+ years (I started young!) and that’s one thing I’ve never even considered.  I mean – crack the shell, dump it out, look for shell pieces, move on, right? Continue reading

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Soup!

Potato soup

Today’s Foodie Fun Friday post is about soup. My current head/chest cold has me focused on this topic and of course it also relates to business in my mind. No, I’m not doing any work for the folks at Campbell’s but, as you’ll see, what goes on with soup is very pertinent to what goes on in the business world as well. Continue reading

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