Fridays are for food in this space and I’ve just come back from what I consider the greatest food country on the planet, Italy. I’m not going to dwell on my usual themes of great ingredients simply prepared although we were lucky enough to have many meals done exactly that way. Rather, what struck me on this trip was how true the entire culinary culture of the nation has remained to itself. Continue reading
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Vague Recipes
My neighbor is a food professional. She’s been a pastry chef and now tests and writes recipes for various food publications. The good news is that she often appears at our door with a version of something, usually delicious, on which she’s working. The bad news is that’s it’s frightening to reciprocate – kind of like teeing it up with Tiger or Phil: no matter how good you think you are, you just know they’re way better. Continue reading
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It’s Not About You
There were a lot of great messages that came out of yesterday. I’ll skip the overtly political ones in favor of a great business lesson of which I was reminded.
As President Obama was speaking to the luncheon after his inauguration, he said to a room filled with enormous egos (hey – why would you think you ought to be elected without one?) that “today is not about me.” Really? Who, then? But you know what he means – it’s about the people.
That’s the business lesson. It’s not about you. It’s about your customers, your clients, your partners. That has to be your focus 24/7 if you’re going to have, and to continue to have, success.
One of the reasons I’m a big fan of Italian food is that it’s an entire cuisine devoted to getting out of the way of the food. Get great ingredients, put them together, and get out of the way. French food, on the other hand, seems to be all about the chef. It’s way to egocentric for my palate.
Is your business about you? Are you so focused on yourself and your skills (techniques to a chef!) that you’re in the way of great results?
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