Grumpy Cooking #6: Titillating Turkey II

Cue the smooth jazz, turn down the lights and prepare to treat this classy bird just right. It’s time for: Titillating Turkey II First, let’s quickly talk turkey. Turkey is a very lean type of meat– especially the breast meat. It needs help to turn out well and especially when roasting– thoughtful technique to take it […]

Grumpy Cooking #5: Titillating Turkey.

Cue the slow jams. Today we’re gonna tango with turkey. We’re gonna butter it up. We’re gonna rub it down. We’re gonna fill up the cavity. It’s gonna be good. Innuendos aside, Thanksgiving just finished and Christmas is coming (the goose is getting fat), and if you ever want your relatives to stop asking you […]

Grumpy Cooking #4: Toast de Bonaparte

Don’t think I’ve gone soft. This isn’t french toast– it’s Toast de Bonaparte. As in the Emperor. As in conquer-the-world-just-don’t-go-to-Russia-in-winter, Boneparte. Napoleon’s own. The reason this isn’t french toast is that most french toast is the same as the (wholly incorrect) American stereotype of the French nation: Soft. Floppy. Weak. This toast, like Napoleon, is none of […]

Grumpy Cooking #3: Quiet Time Quesadillas

Kids. They yell, they hit and kick, and they break stuff. They won’t go to bed when they’re tired but will crash on your floor like a drunk homeless person when their friends come over to play. Feeding them is impossible, and their tastes change quicker than the words teenagers use in place of “cool.” […]

Grumpy Cooking #2: Chicken For Cantankerous Old People

Do you have a relative who stands out in your mind as being old and mean? Maybe he was embittered by years of being unable to sleep through the night without getting up to piss. Could be that she was forced by society to abandon her dream of solo-sailing the globe to raise 12 children […]

Grumpy Cooking #1: Bribery Brownies

The inaugural Grumpy Cooking recipe. Need help moving, but too poor for pizza and/or beer? Did you forget an anniversary, holiday or birthday (again)? Want people at work to like you without having to talk to them? Did a child in your life hear you say a naughty word that would get you in trouble […]

How To Sales #4: How to Develop a Personal Sales Strategy

As discussed in previous posts, Sales Departments are at their best when each salesperson develops a sales strategy based on personal strengths. In this post, I want to discuss how to do this with self-evaluation, external skills analysis, and critical business thinking. The goal of this plan is to use the traits and skills that are second-nature to […]

How To Sales #2: What is Sales?

A lot of people have a lot of things to say about what sales is. Some say it’s turning potential energy into kinetic- prospects into buyers. Some say it’s all about relationships. Others say it’s about understanding and presenting value. Ask any salesperson, they’ll tell you something different. I did a bit of research (I […]