EVERYTHING I LEARNED IN KINDAGARTEN…
When I taught Food and Beverage Management at Middlesex Community College (I really miss it actually), one of my lessons was on personnel management. InWhen I taught Food and Beverage Management at Middlesex Community College (I really miss it actually), one of my lessons was on personnel management. In[...]
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%$#&! FLOWS DOWNHILL
Warning Mom: Bad language follows. (It’s germaine to the story, I swear it)
Many years ago, as our executive chef was coming up, as sous chef,Warning Mom: Bad language follows. (It’s germaine to the story, I swear it)
Many years ago, as our executive chef was coming up, as sous chef,[...]
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FOUR MORE YEARS..of beers!
This blog is not really intended either as a promotional vehicle, and definitely NOT a political one. The whole concept of arguing politics kind of cracksThis blog is not really intended either as a promotional vehicle, and definitely NOT a political one. The whole concept of arguing politics kind of cracks[...]
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CALL ME CHARLIE BROWN
I have pet peeves. Probably way more than I want anyone to know. I have a rather healthy self-image (thanks mom and dad!) and I like to think of myselfI have pet peeves. Probably way more than I want anyone to know. I have a rather healthy self-image (thanks mom and dad!) and I like to think of myself[...]
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TOO CLOSE, TO CLOSE, OR NOT TO CLOSE
I hate days like Monday. Already conflicted, throw in a “potential” Frankenstorm and a weather-center history of stirring up more frenzyI hate days like Monday. Already conflicted, throw in a “potential” Frankenstorm and a weather-center history of stirring up more frenzy[...]
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CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
I am trying to like Chelmsford. I like the City Manager–good guy. Except for a koo-koo, pain in the ass neighbor, I mostly like the residentsI am trying to like Chelmsford. I like the City Manager–good guy. Except for a koo-koo, pain in the ass neighbor, I mostly like the residents[...]
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LIKE GLASS
New menus are always labor intensive and intense. New ingredients, trying different applications and presentations, choosing plates, training the cooksNew menus are always labor intensive and intense. New ingredients, trying different applications and presentations, choosing plates, training the cooks[...]
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GREAT NEWS
How much fun is it to wake up to an email saying someone wants to interview you on the local news–and NOT because one of your neighbors went postal.How much fun is it to wake up to an email saying someone wants to interview you on the local news–and NOT because one of your neighbors went postal.[...]
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DO AS I SAY
Funny, how I remind my managers to ALWAYS have a paper and pen on them, because a sharp restaurant eye will notice “a million things” in aFunny, how I remind my managers to ALWAYS have a paper and pen on them, because a sharp restaurant eye will notice “a million things” in a[...]
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A NEW WORD!
In Chicago for Kathy’s birthday weekend–the greatest gift possible; A weekend with her “off on their own” children–we endedIn Chicago for Kathy’s birthday weekend–the greatest gift possible; A weekend with her “off on their own” children–we ended[...]
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