Why does food taste so much better in a restaurant? I’m not talking about really complicated dishes prepared with weird components. Even plain, grilled fish or a simple plate of spaghetti and clams can taste way better than what you or I can prepare even though no complicated cooking techniques are involved. Heck, make a fire, throw on a steak, season it a bit, pay attention – dinner, right? And what does this have to do with business? Continue reading
Tag Archives: Cook
Check The Radar
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
Filed under Consulting, food, Helpful Hints
Julia
It’s Friday, so back to my favorite topic: food! Today is the release of the Julie/Julia movie and I, for one, can’t wait to see it. Before the Food Network, before the plethora of cooking shows, there was Julia Child in color but first in perfect black and white teaching us how to cook. She was the second Julia in my culinary life.
The first was my friend T’s mom, Julia, in whose kitchen I spent many hours waiting for T to wake up or get dressed. Her teaching, along with the TV Julia, ignited a life-long passion for food and cooking. Taught me about business too! Continue reading
Filed under Growing up, Helpful Hints, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 