tips, tricks, and thoughts from the hospitality industry
This will make me sound like an unabashed nerd, but a well designed grocery store is my happy place. I love turning the corners around aisles to discover unexpected treasures on the end caps. Encountering baby vegetables of any variety can turn my day around like that Dead or Alive […]
As I found myself puttering around the kitchen on Halloween, I had two words that kept popping into my brain….. Whoopie Pie. As delicious as they are, though, whoopie pies can be a bit messy. And sometimes I just want a little whoopie, you know what I mean? So I […]
From the blustery, gold-leafed Northeast to the sun-kissed coast of California, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As the tell-tale gobbling draws closer, even the best of us question why we ever agreed to host Thanksgiving Dinner in the first place. The in-laws are coming in to town with Everest-level […]
When I think about hospitality, what it is, what it requires, I think about holiday dinners at my parents’ house. It seems, obvious, I know, to wax nostalgic about Midwestern childhood dishes and their inevitable companions (ice! Fireplaces! Piles of leaves and hot apple cider!), but this is not one […]
I'm a former restaurant manager who now writes about food and hospitality. I love to cook, read, write, and eat.