Adventures in running a web-based food business
Deana from Lost Past Remembered asked me that question yesterday. And, since I am trying to be as transparent as possible with this blog and others may be wondering the same thing, I figure that I’d answer here. The answer to both aspects of that question is yes, no and maybe. That that answer is …
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Seriously. If you are human, stop reading. This post is not for you. I’m not kidding. Stop! This post is for the search engines. Sorry to throw this up in your reader, but I have a dilemma: My whole life, more people misspelled my name than got it right. Whatever. I am used to people defaulting …
This is Garrett, my “little” brother. Take away the tats and the buff job on that skull, and make him smaller … you’d pretty much think he was me. That is, so long as you didn’t see what he was eating. Here he’s cooking up some new zealand grass fed burgers for the NJ office to try. Garrett …
We are in the habit of publishing about 150 recipes a year on our recipe blog, all developed by our Executive Chef, all worthy of plunking down good money in a restaurant. So, I’m thinking that it might be worthwhile publishing a quarterly ‘ Best Of ‘. Below is the best of July – September, …
My buddy Ben reports that Canlis is going to feed 50 couples at 1950s prices … so long as you are one of the lucky few that finds one of their 50 1950s menus scattered somewhere in the city. Scavenger hunt! A brilliant promotional idea … and probably the best dining value in town this …
Denali turned 2 so Katy baked a doggie carrot cake for the pack and they feasted while we tasted some new truffle products and sipped champagne on Friday to wrap up the work week. It was a freakin hysterical way to end a very busy week. Happy Birthday Denali! Apparently, Katy is a good dog …
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A customer awaiting a delivery asked us: “Is the change in weight due to more feet, or to larger feet. I assume there are simply more, which is just fine by me.” To which we naturally replied: “Yep, the change in weight is due to more feet in the case rather than larger feet.” 😉 …
A box of samples inspire a Homer Simpson moment. Mmmmmmm… We get lots of samples, sometimes so many that we have to really put in the effort to properly taste test everything. I can just hear you all oozing sympathy for us. Rare is the sample shipment that still excites my jaded crew. Nothing like …
I love my job, but work can be stressful sometimes. Thankfully, if any of us ever gets stressed around here we just squeeze a puppy. Buddy & Nyoki, the two smaller members of our office pack, are always eager to oblige!
People go bonkers over morels in the spring, but few people outside of the Pacific Northwest take notice of the Fall season. What are you thinking people? Morels are great and all, but there are six varieties of fantastic wild mushrooms that pop up in our forests between August and February. SIX! In fact, there …
Me packing up sample boxes for our mushroom recipe challenge. I don’t have kids yet, so this is the closest I get to stuffing stockings. Ho ho ho, Recipe Challengers! “Creating win-wins” is one of my mantras, but that phrase has unfortunately also become a platitude. If only I was linguistically creative enough to come …
I think I know what this blog is going to be about. Not that anybody is reading it yet, but if somebody is, anybody … this post is more of a managerial thought post because I do think I have some good management philosophy stuff to share. Often I use a restaurant analogy when describing …