by perfectlittlebites | Apr 25, 2015 | creativity
There’s something I’ve wanted to get off my chest for a while now. A few years ago I was fired from a job. Not let go. Not downsized. Fired. The kind of fired where a security guard sits outside the HR office in case you go crazy, then waits for you to clean out your...
by perfectlittlebites | Apr 15, 2015 | Food
Sadly, we lost another great person yesterday. Chef Homaro Cantu will be missed by so many. I only met him briefly, but I’m glad I had the chance to talk with him. He wanted to change the world through food. If you you haven’t seen his Ted Talk, here it...
by perfectlittlebites | Apr 6, 2015 | Alcohol, Cocktail
My favorite cocktails are the ones that are interesting twists on the classics. I’ve been enjoying the bottle of Suze I recently picked up, and wanted to work it into a new cocktail. Suze is a French aperitif with gentian. It is both sweet and bitter. I’ve...
by perfectlittlebites | Apr 1, 2015 | cocktails, Cooking
As my wife would say, “If you like drinks that taste like cough syrup or poison…”. But, I’d like to think of this as a more interesting play on a Negroni, which is where I started. If you’re not familiar with a negroni, it’s equal...
by perfectlittlebites | Mar 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
On Monday I had the opportunity to lead my first college workshop. When I was first approached by a chef at Stratford University in Baltimore, I was a bit skeptical. Public speaking has never been my thing. Like many chefs, I’m much more comfortable grinding it out in...
