I start many business conversations with an apology. Usually it’s because I’m about to ask a question that, to an expert, might demonstrate a lack of understanding about a topic. That’s an accurate interpretation. The thing is, that’s sort of my job. I ask dumb questions and I’m not afraid to let someone know I don’t know it all. Now let me tell you why you need to do this too. Continue reading
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Eating Your Mistakes
Today’s Foodie Friday question is pretty simple: what do chocolate chip cookies and molten chocolate cake have in common (other than the chocolate)? Given today’s headline, this really shouldn’t be too difficult. Right! They were both mistakes. In the case of the cookies, the baker at the Toll House Inn was trying to make chocolate cookies and ran out of block baker’s chocolate to melt. She tried adding little pieces of sweetened chocolate she had hoping they would melt. In the latter case, Jean-Georges Vongerichten (who may or may not have actually invented it but did popularize it) was trying to bake a traditional Chocolate Torte and undercooked it. The results were, and are, fabulous. My point? Continue reading
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Homer
I’ve been meaning to write about a guy I met 21 years ago and with whom I’ve spent a lot of time ever since. He’s a role model of sorts. He loves his family even though he spends a lot of his time doing things – drinking and overeating first and foremost – that demonstrate that the primary object of his love is himself. He doesn’t let facts get in the way of a good story and while he’s been employed at the same job for as long as I’ve known him, he hates his job, his boss, and many of his coworkers. He’s Everyman. He’s Homer. Continue reading
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Consult Keith 