This Empty Glass

Today, we're talking about the cook shortage, chef suicide, treating our people like people and all the times I didn't die.

I went to a conference and read a book.  Social situations continue to be a bummer, and I had to take another long look inside.

Yeah, these are not the feels I wanted to have today.  In losing Anthony Bourdain, I have lost part of the structure of what makes me...me, at least professionally.  Get help if you need help.  Get rest if you need rest.  Smoke 'em if you've got 'em.

I unfairly judged someone; here's where I apologize.  Also, where are our real responsibilities?

It's our first interview episode!  Today we chat with Melinda Dorn about restaurant culture in relation to substance abuse, her history in the industry & her ideas for changing things (for the better) into the future.

So how do we make this work?  Practice.  We practiced drinking, now we have to practice sobriety.

So what do we really value in the restaurant, and what defines a cook's value TO the restaurant?  Also, baseball.

So what do we really value in the restaurant, and what defines a cook's value TO the restaurant?  Also, baseball.

If I could erase all of my terrible, fuzzy memories of my drinking days, would I?  Find out!

If I could erase all of my terrible, fuzzy memories of my drinking days, would I?  Find out!