February 5, 2012

Seattle Chefs Resolve To Heat It Up In 2011

Chef Wayne Johnson

Have you already broken your New Year’s resolutions? Or did you have any resolutions at all? Many people who do make resolutions often have goals to eat “better” or eat less overall or to eat more of certain super-foods.  So I wondered – what do the Seattle chefs who so creatively and deliciously feed us, [...]

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Social media – why use it and how to start

People like to talk about beautiful, delicious food on Twitter

Sometimes it’s good to be reminded of the basics, such as, what exactly are we doing here on social media?  I listened in on a teleseminar presented by the National Restaurant Association this week, and Stacey Kane, director of marketing for California Tortilla, presented some great, simple tips about why restaurants should care about and use social [...]

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Finding my blog’s purpose

31 flavors of blog posts in 31 days!

What is the purpose of this blog? I thought I knew, but I think I better make sure before we go much farther – and definitely before I start my “31 blog posts in 31 days” project today!  I hope I haven’t confused anyone, but my business is going through a bit of a metamorphosis these [...]

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20 actions, 10 times in 2010

2010

I’ve had an idea to improve on the typical New Year’s resolutions and goals lists that we all make on January 1. But then I got distracted by a simpler premise – select 3 words as an overarching theme to live your year by.  And so I wrote about B.I.P. – balance, improvement, and perspective. But, [...]

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