I was on hold when I felt the spirit of my Old Man saying “Enough! You’ve proved your point now stop!”. The bastards been dead for nearly 5 years now and yet it feels like he’s still here. He raised me better, he raised me to always take the high …
You’re only as good as the dumbest motherfucker on your crews and while a lot of people think that it ends with your staff, it doesn’t. People tend to forget that while there might be a few hundred restaurants in the area, we’re all still in the same game and …
The past few weeks have been a little crazy to say the least and now somehow I’m in New Orleans and clueless which way is up. After what happened, it’s a bit hard to stay focused and motivated. It’s hard to retain a sense of humor right after my entire …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In my line of work I have to fly, sometimes several times a year for various gigs. I’ve never gotten used to it, it’s never gotten easier and my fear has never subsided. Every time I fly, I freak the fuck out. I don’t show it but trust me, I’m …
This is the shit I’ve had to deal with growing up in this industry. I was 18 and working in a spot in Carytown in Richmond VA and went out for a smoke late one night. Our dishwasher was a crackhead. I mean literally a CRACKHEAD. He smoked crack like …
I got to the Kitchen this morning and the specials had been typed and printed. Pretty basic stuff so I didn’t think much about it until 15 minutes prior to opening as I was double checking my mise. I’ll admit, I was a bit stoned and had to read it …
I’m surprised it took them as long as it did to pop me, I knew the first day that I showed up in town that it was only a matter of time before some racist redneck cop decided to fuck with me and stop me for some dumb shit. Please, …
