The Crouton Test

All chefs have different ways of testing a cook’s abilities in the kitchen. You hear a lot about egg cookery. I think you can tell a lot about a cook or restaurant by how well they make croutons. No, seriously. How much care do you take in making something that many...

Communication, Or Lack Of

Communication, or Lack Of Let me pose a question. How is it that we have phones and computers growing out of every orifice, yet communication is becoming so poor? Much of it seems to be a general lack of respect. In recent weeks I have had numerous important emails to...

Scrapple Mousse

Scrapple Mousse As I’ve said in a previous post, I love scrapple. Earlier this week, I wanted to play with it a bit. I haven’t ventured into making my own yet, mostly because I can get great quality scrapple every week at the farmers market. This week I...

Perception and Presentation

How things are presented affect how they are perceived. Take something like offal. Pretty delicious but there are a lot of skeptics. Why? Because it’s animal organs, and that’s weird. We can all agree that honey is wonderful, but at the end of the day...