China is scrambling because their population is not increasing, in fact, it is dropping to close to WWII levels because women just aren’t choosing to have children like they used to. Might as well be Americans, because we aren’t having children like we used to either. The institution of marriage which my generation held soContinue reading “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up”
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Guidelines
You know I was raised in the fine dining arena beginning with a formal internship with a top French Chef. He was a local hero, a renown ex-member of the French Culinary Olympic Team and he pulled me aside at the end of my hiring interview. “Follow my guidelines and flourish,” he said in French,Continue reading “Guidelines”
Goings On
New York Governor Kathy Hochul denounced the taping of swastikas on Albany GOP headquarters and labelled the actions “unacceptable.” Ouch. It doesn’t get any harsher than that. The crap that passes for news these days… A story starts, Extraterrestrial aircraft identified in the California sky. First of all, no, you didn’t. Second of all, hey,Continue reading “Goings On”
Chew on This
Just like an episode of Law and Order, a wrongly imprisoned man was released after thirty years when modern DNA technology backed up his unwavering assertion of innocence. If this indeed holds up, what price tag would you put on what is owed to this person? We can’t just say, “Sorry, oops and move on….Continue reading “Chew on This”
The Great Chili Cookoff of 1992
I was working as an Executive for a very exclusive, very expensive resort in the southwest. I was not just an Executive Chef for three independent business units, I was also front of the house GM for them. It sounds like I had three full-time positions, but in reality, it was more like six. ThroughoutContinue reading “The Great Chili Cookoff of 1992”
Meat Eater
I am a carnivore and I have already eaten way more meat than I ever should have eaten, but I make no excuses. My father and Grandfather were both butchers and worked in slaughterhouses. I remember being horrified at the sight of the cows being led up the chutes and the man shooting them inContinue reading “Meat Eater”
