As the weekend wound down, we thought grilling some food would be a nice way to end the day. It was a great afternoon – the sun was out, hot but not too steamy – so off we went to the store to get provisions. A few hours later, it was time to start the meal and that’s when I checked the radar as I always do when getting ready to fire up the grill. Not good. Although the sun was shining, in the 20 minutes it would take the coals to get hot , the sunshine was going to turn liquid. We moved the cooking indoors. Continue reading
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Fish Sticks
Foodie Fun Friday returns! Today’s topic is fish sticks. That’s right – the bane of every Catholic kid’s existence when I was young. Strangely, these happen to be among my favorite foods. There’s usually a box of them in the freezer and dipped in a blend of tartar and hot sauces, they’re often in front of me as I watch some sporting event or other. I was heating up a batch of them the other day when I had an epiphany: what I was doing (reheating frozen fish) is what much of America thinks is cooking. Come to think of it, there’s a business lesson in there as well. Continue reading
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3 Job Questions You Must Ask
Lots of folks, both employees and friends, have come to me over the years to ask my thinking about a position they were considering. And no, you shouldn’t find it strange that people who worked for me asked my thinking on this – I encouraged it as part of the open communication I tried to foster. They’re co-workers, not slaves! In any event, there were always 3 questions I told them they needed to answer and IN THIS ORDER. Continue reading
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