Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
where we eat
In: Food
5 Mar 2010Working for a catering company means you get really spoiled, really fast. Gone are the days where we could passively stop into a chain restaurant and enjoy ourselves. Now we scrutinize menus, critique service and mentally calculate food product costs to see if we are getting a deal or simply getting dealed.
When we endorse a [...]
things we love…truffles and pedestels
In: Food| Inspiration
2 Mar 2010We get really, really excited about small things. Literally.Â
In this case, we loved these petite porcelain pedestels so much that we ordered some our own and we came up for the perfect chocolate to perch above them, Vosges Viola chocolate truffles . We can’t wait for the next chance to use and eat them!
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sweet potato chips… the yin and yang of sweet and salty.
In: Food
4 Jan 2010Every legendary business has a signature item. McDonald’s is known for the Big Mac. For Thomas Keller, it’s the famous “Oysters and Pearls” entree featuring pearl tapioca custard, oysters and a sizeable amount of caviar.
A “signature item” is almost like a personal signature, something that can only be imitated, never copied. It’s the mainstay of the company, a [...]
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