I was in Radio Shack earlier this week to upgrade a phone and it was easy to see that the clerk behind the counter was getting a earful from an angry customer. As the conversation ensued, the clerk was getting visibly more upset. When the caller finally relented and hung up the phone, I told the clerk, “Don’t take it personally, you were just in the way.”

The guy on the phone chewing out the Radio Shack guy was likely getting something off his chest. Could be he was frustrated that the phone he ordered for… more »

I still remember the naïve shock I experienced when I read that first negative comment about my restaurant that was published out in the open, on the Internet, for the entire world to see. My pulse rate quickened, breathing shortened. It was all I could do to finish the statement, which can be summarized in three words; your place sucks.

If you are in the business of offering a product to the public at large, you will most certainly face the scrutiny of negative criticism. Whether you are a writer, artist, chef, mechanic, politician etc. there… more »

Every coin has two sides. All good movies have a hero and a villain. And every good relationship has its strong points and weaknesses.

The same is true for good ideas.

We’ve built our concept around fresh, handmade simple food and drink. This means we start from scratch, every day, with bread. It is our core idea and ideal. We believe that if you pay attention to something as pedestrian as bread, and make it great, then all the other details fall into place.

But we must take a

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New Year’s Eve

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bread&cup

Friday, December 31^st

Three courses with opening cocktail – 40 dollars per person

Cocktail

Sangria

Sparkling Wine

Starter

Maytag Blue Cheese & Caramelized Leek Brulee

Frisee Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

Main

Cultiva Coffee Crusted Beef Tenderloin

Roasted Chicken

Veal Cordon Bleu

Lamb Two Ways

Dessert

Maple Custard with Spiced Shortbread

Vanilla Bean Eggnog & Rum

18 Layer Crepe Cake with Dulche de Leche {pictured below}

When the question gets posed, “Are you ready for Christmas?”, I find I don’t really know how to answer that one anymore. I think it’s because Christmas has taken on new meaning for me now in this middle stage of life.

I think it’s partly due to the fact that I want Christmas to stay the same as I remember it, with the magic of the season, the agony of waiting in anticipation, the vast variety of lights that a little boy was fascinated by. I can remember lying under the tree looking up at all the… more »

What he meant was, it’s a little like stacking the card deck, or pitting men… more »

It’s been nine weeks since the last dose of chemotherapy and I’ve shed more tears in this span than the full duration of our ordeal. It’s what I’m calling the security of treatment.

When you find yourself in the midst of a battle, you have certain defenses that kick into gear. The mind wants to ensure survival, so it moves to the lower levels of Maslow’s triangle and sets up camp. It’s why guys can endure such horrific conditions in the military, only to return home and not be able to carry on normal life. Dealing with

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From a recent Journal Star article on portion size:

http://journalstar.com/entertainment/dining/article_a26c5793-adf1-593a-876d-6bf7f65aa802.html

It’s an interesting dilemma, this portion size debate, because no one usually gets angry if they have too much food on the plate. Some of our most heated comments online have come from people complaining about the size of our servings and how they could get twice as much food for half the price at another location and they will never come back and they will tell all their friends to never eat here again and so on.

Have at it.

So do you give… more »

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She’s got that Sinead O’Connor look going; short hair that looks cropped and intentional and not so much as a victim of chemotherapy. Eyebrows have started growing back, as have the eyelashes and, she will kill me for writing this, the other undesirable hairs that women hate to contend with. Things are slowly getting back to normal.

But

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