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Skiing For Your Supper

We’re headed back to an old standby this Foodie Friday: Top Chef. I’m not sure if you’re a frequent viewer.  I am although I’m questioning that habit after this week’s episode. We’re down to the final four cheftestants and this week’s episode took place all over Whistler Mountain and some Olympic venues near Vancouver. One might wonder about the kitchen facilities in those place but as it turned out, no facilities required.

Panorama of the Whistler Blackcomb resort, the...

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The cooking took place aboard a moving ski gondola or outside in two of the three instances.  Two of the contestants had to cross-country ski and shoot at targets (biathlon for you winter sport aficionados) before they cooked.  This left me wondering, as the descriptions might leave you, what the hell this has to do with cooking, and of course that’s the business point as well. Continue reading

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Posts of the Year – 5

Polbo á feira with bread and wine

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It’s Friday, so it’s Foodie Fun time.  Since we’re doing the most read posts this week, here is the most read food post along with the business point it inspired.  It was called “Pulpo a la Plancha” after the dish that inspired it.  Enjoy, and have a great New Year!

To end the week, it’s pulpo. For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, that’s octopus. I have had pulpo on my mind since dinner last night and since it’s Foodie Friday I thought I’d share some of what I’ve been thinking about.
The Mrs. and I went to a tapas place last evening and there was a special of pulpo a la plancha. I’ll explain what it is in a second but I ended up ordering two plates of it and eating them both by myself. Gluttony? No, just a great business lesson. Continue reading

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Behold The Radish!

This week, as you might have guessed from the headline, our Foodie Friday Fun topic is the radish.  More specifically, the business lessons we can learn from using radishes in cooking.  If you’re like me, your exposure to radishes has been mostly through salads, at least for the most common variety, the red radish.  You might also have had daikon radish in Japanese food, and if you’re a fan of French eating you might even have smeared butter on a breakfast radish and eaten it to start your day.

Radieschen - Raphanus sativus - Marktware

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If I asked you to describe the taste and texture of the radish, you’d probably say it was crisp and firm, with a sharp (it is a member of the horseradish family, after all) taste.  And that’s where the business point begins. Continue reading

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