Archive for February, 2010
Should You Be An Entrepreneur? Take This Test [HBR Blog]
Here’s an excerpt of a great article (and 2-minute 20 question test) about whether you should be an Entrepreneur.
3:10 PM Friday February 12, 2010
by Daniel Isenberg | Comments (81)
Some of your friends are doing it. People who do it are in the front pages and web almost every day. Even President Obama is talking about [...]
McDonald’s Has a Chef? [Time]
This is a very interesting excerpt from an article in Time about Daniel Coudreaut, a CIA trained Chef with Four Seasons experience, whose McDonald’s Director of Culinary Innovation & Menu Management.
“In 2004, Coudreaut arrived at McDonald’s headquarters, a sprawling, bosky campus in Oak Brook, Ill., outside Chicago. His kitchen, which is on the third floor [...]
America’s Best New Restaurants [Forbes]
Forbes list of Best New Restaurants includes The Publican in Chicago, Locanda Verde and Marea in New York, The Bazaar by Jose Andres in LA…
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Eleven Madison Park Chef Tapped to Represent USA at Bocuse d’Or [NBCNY]
“Eleven Madison Park’s James Kent has been selected to represent the United States at Bocuse d’Or, the bi-yearly chef competition that takes places next February in Lyon, France.”
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Mind games on the menu: The psychological tricks restaurants use to part us from our money (The Independent)
William Poundstone’s new book, Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It), explains how restaurants, through ‘menu engineering’, compel us to choose certain items and spend more.
“It’s all too much to do: you’re sitting down at your restaurant table at the same time as trying to regale someone with a [...]
Michael Smith on his Iron Chef appearance vs Bobby Flay
“We went down to New York City to open up a big ol’ can of Maple whoop ass and poured it all over Bobby Flay’s head.”
“Meetings and interviews, with me, anyway”
This is great advice, from the ex-CIO of Google, Douglas Merril, about how to connect with potential customers and getting it right when you interview.
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SOUTH BEACH WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL – February 25th to 28th, 2010
[ February 25, 2010 to February 28, 2010. ] Click here for more information
