The restaurant industry is a strange beast and the question has always been “Did I turn out like this because of the Kitchen or did I just fit in the Kitchen because I was always like this?”. A lot of kids are getting in the game for the wrong reasons …
Just recently I did a poll asking people if they trusted restaurants to “self regulate” their own businesses or if they would rather have an unbiased inspection. For me this is common sense, I absolutely want an independent source rating my place. For the record, the poll came back with 89% …
Let’s face it, people and even a lot of animals love to get wasted. It’s hard to say when we first started drinking alcohol since, while we’ve learned to control the process, basic fermentation happens all the time in nature. From knowing what kind of fruit would get us tipsy …
In regards to the restaurant business, I’m a total slut. I’ve been working in Kitchens for 27 years this summer and taking it “seriously” for over a decade . While working on this article I went through and wrote a list of every place I’ve ever cooked at. I’m …
Ed note: When I first published this article on seasonal work five or six years ago, a lot of people said that, since it had been a few years since my last contract in Yellowstone, my experience and insight was somehow invalidated. That said, I’ve also spent time on Orcas …
Brown Beard was working at this big shit golf resort years ago when he was still earning his stripes. The owner of the place, a guy who was worth millions happened to walk through the Kitchen one afternoon. Brown Beard had, as he describes it, a tray of vegetable scraps …
I know that this is going to piss off a whole lot of people and well, good…. The simple fact is that you can’t be both a racist and an American, you need to pick a side. I’ve briefly mentioned this before and caught a world of shit on both …
Dear Culinary Anarchy, I matched with this guy on Tinder and well, one thing led to another and long story short, I found out that he’s engaged. I’m honestly not sure what to do. Dear reader, First off, fuck that loser. If you have lie to get laid, you’re shit …
It’s sad that it needs to be said but simply, no one owns a life. Right now I’m talking about pets and those who act as if they’re some kind of status symbol or fashion accessory. They’re not and if you treat an animal like a possession, you…you’re a fucking …
I’ve been in the industry long enough to know that, each day could be my last and that my income is based on the whims of people who know far less then I do about the Kitchen and cooking. It’s a sad fact but the simple truth is that rarely …
