Umami Bomb

Yesterday was a bit like Christmas. My sales rep from RC Fine Foods brought in samples from their new umami line of seasonings. I’m not sure how they do it, but I assume it’s some kind of dehydration or spray drying. I think there are nine flavors. They...

Twisted Tea and Other Oddities

Yesterday, as I was taking a liquor inventory, I found a few relics buried in the back of the liquor cage. A previous bartender had picked up a case of Raspberry Twisted Tea shortly before she moved on. This isn’t something that has moved with our customers, and...

Practice What You Preach

This past weekend I catered a dinner party for some friends. They had a theme, and emailed me a list of ideas, but ultimately left the menu planning to me. Included in the email was a link to a cake that had caught their eye. I knew nothing about the website it came...