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The Psychology of Cooking, Professionally

By chefhenry » Published on July 31, 2010

  I have often wondered what it is that drives some of us to continue on in this business year after year, decade after decade. It is easy to understand why some might entertain the thought of entering the profession, especially these days with all of the media coverage of celebrity chefs, and celebrities pretending [...]

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Sourcing in Canada 2.0

By chefhenry » Published on May 31, 2010

As much as I have always wanted to keep my purchases within Canada, and my wish is to pass along any information I can gather in regards to this, I just have to pass along this information even though it is to do with an American company (read duty and exchange, international purchase). For months [...]

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Parting Ways

By chefhenry » Published on July 12, 2009

  Now I have left a few jobs in my time, some on good terms, some not so good. But the one thing I have always done, is do my best until the job was over. On occasion I can recall going back to my former place of employment to help out my successor when [...]

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The Toys of the Trade

By chefhenry » Published on June 22, 2009

  Give me a knife, and some room to work, a source of heat or two, and some food and I’ll cook, something anyways. Depending on the venue and the menu the actual tools vary considerably but this post is about the toys. The little, and not so little extras that make the job easier, [...]

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Nutrition Confusion

By chefhenry » Published on June 14, 2009

  I posted an article here very early in the webrestaurateur’s life, and discussed, somewhat briefly, my desire to learn more about nutrition. I have been trying to do that, as a sideline to everything else in my life, without any real success. The more I take in on the subject of diet and nutrition, [...]

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Proactive vs. Reactive

By chefhenry » Published on June 4, 2009

  As I have grown (and grown up) in this business I am the first to admit that I had been on the latter half of this equation for a number of years. It’s really only in the last few that I have fully recognized the benefits of a proactive approach to the job and [...]

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Open Source

By chefhenry » Published on May 29, 2009

  This might seem a little off topic for this website but I would like to touch upon it for the simple reason that I try to give cost reduction ideas wherever possible. In the past, in my experience Open Source software was synonymous with Free ware and Shareware, in effect, any and all software [...]

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Rules

By chefhenry » Published on May 26, 2009

  Not all that long ago I read an item on someone else’s blog stating that there are no rules in the restaurant business, you can serve what you want, where you want, when you want, and how you want. I guess that is all very true, but I don’t know how well received your [...]

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Nutritional Data Required

By chefhenry » Published on May 17, 2009

  I recently read an article on my RSS feed that stated that New York City had just passed a new law stating that all restaurants with more than fifteen outlets would soon have to start providing the Nutritional Data of their dishes on the menu. Several other states have similar legislation in place or [...]

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The Lost Art of Cooking

By chefhenry » Published on March 23, 2009

  It came to me today, as I was speaking with my Chef. There has been a trend over the last few years, or maybe it’s been going on even longer. The art of cooking, really cooking is slowly dying off, there are more and more convenience foods being offered in our supermarkets as well [...]

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