Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts. God did I hate these as a kid. You know what they say, if it was forced down your throat as a kid, you will hate it as a kid. I will always and forever hate broccoli. To Eat personally. But shaving off the tops it looks great in veggie quesadillas … Continue reading File this next to The Chicken Finger Princeple.

The baby boomers, the recipients of the largest educational, economic and societal upturn in history are the People responsible for the stagnation and down turn of our country. Acting like a bunch of spoiled bitches. If you ask me.

Whenever you feel like the world has turned its back on you. Usually, if you turn around, you'll find the world is right there with open arms.

I'm willing to make this statement with a high degree of confidence. The people who are violently anti-gun. Not the "I don't like guns so I don't own one" crowd. That's the way to be. But the overly extreme "why would anybody want to own a gun" "the police are here to protect us" "ban … Continue reading The rite to bear arms shall not be infringed.

I don't know about you but if I tried to go home before my tasks were completed, my boss would have my ASS. And the day cooks would be extremely salty for leaving them in a lurch. How the fuck do they get to go home to their expensive houses? With good heat and plumbing … Continue reading Congress goes home without passing the new relief bill.

Occam's razor, the complicated definition. "a scientific and philosophical rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily which is interpreted as requiring that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex or that explanations of unknown phenomena be sought first in terms of known quantities." The less complicated definition. Occam's razor (or … Continue reading Shaving with Occam’s Razor

You know that feeling you get when you found out your significant other is cheating. You have proof. 100% certain but  haven't confronted them yet. Waiting for the right time. But every time you see them until then you get sick in your gut. Shakey and nauseated. You know that feeling of indigestion and Rage? … Continue reading If you know this feeling. I’m sorry you had this experience, but you know exactly what I’m talking about

When designing a menu you have to know your customers. Who are you making this food for. For most of my general menus I have done, I have two types of people I focused on. People like my stepmom, worldly, foodieish, will try fancier foofoo food. And people like my dad, won't eat anything his … Continue reading How to create a menu.

One of my major duties as Chef is to protect my cooks from the idiocy of management and owners. Owners are the worst. Especially owners who used to be bartenders. Nobody talks to my cooks but me or my sous chef. Period. To perform at their best they can't be destracted by "emergency" orders for … Continue reading It’s what I do.

My wife showed me the Twisted Tea video going around. I've been trying figure out how express the idea that EVERYONE. White, brown, red, yellow, rainbow and especially black need to stop using the N' word. I totally get the "take the word back" mentality of when they started it back in the day. But … Continue reading I can’t thank this idiot enough. Seriously.