I finally played golf this weekend. If you’ve been following my tweets or taken note of the snide side comments in this space, you know I’ve not been happy about the layoff. In fact, the 90+ days of enforced time off (a layer of snow really does inhibit one’s ability to find a white golf ball as well as reduce how far that ball travels) did have a side benefit, one which I think might apply in some ways to business as well. Continue reading
Category Archives: Helpful Hints
The Menu
Our Foodie Friday post this week is about the menu. I don’t know about you, but I always look forward to seeing the menu when we dine out since it tells me a lot about the chef as well as his staff. Are the dishes pretty much what you’d expect or do they demonstrate thought about available ingredients and take the diner into new territory? Is this the same old tired interpretations you’d expect or something new?
Mostly what I like about the menu is that it’s about possibilities. But it’s also about choices. You have to make up your mind about how many dishes, the mix of big plates and small, are you sharing with anyone else, etc. In short, it’s a great business lesson. Continue reading
Filed under food, Helpful Hints
7 Words
Todays Foodie Fun Friday post is about Michael Pollan or, more specifically, his terrific book “In Defense of Food.” While I recommend you read that as well as his earlier “The Omnivore’s Dilemma“, what intrigues me beyond the important eating advice the book provides is Pollan’s ability to whittle the book down. We talk a lot about the elevator pitch in digital and this book has the best one I’ve ever seen. What is it? Continue reading
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Consult Keith 