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Blog postI’d like to tell you Joe Baum who created 167 restaurants in his lifetime. Among them were the four highest grossing eateries in the United States. They were Windows on the World, The Rainbow Room, The Four Seasons and Tavern on the Green.
Joe’s philosophy was simple: “Our product,” he said, “the measure of our success, is pleasure. We are in the pleasure business. We are organized, equipped and staffed to supply pleasure, at a profit, which means that any threats to pleasure ar -
Blog postThe CEO of Windows on the World, Joe Baum loved meetings, the bigger the better. He preferred that everyone crowd into his office, but now and again we met in architect Hugh Hardy’s vast studio on Broadway and 18th Street, as we did at ten a.m. one chilly day at the end of October 1995 to review the progress of the vast Windows on the World enterprise.
Eighteen experts in various fields gathered around the table in Hugh’s conference room. Blueprints of the 106th and 107th floors cover -
Blog postThe new Windows restaurants and banquet rooms occupied two acres of space but bore virtually no resemblance to the original. When asbestos was discovered, the space had to be stripped to the steel girders. Every inch of the floors and walls and ceilings were torn down. You could walk on the 107th floor and stare down clear to the empty chasm beneath your feet.
CEO Joe Baum demanded that everything, everything, be reconsidered. I was summoned to write an essay on the very meaning of th -
Blog postToday, one hundred million households can tune into the Food Network. There are stations in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, and Knoxville. There are viewers in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Monaco, Polynesia, and Great Britain. More people watch the Food Network than CNN. It no longer aims […]
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Blog postA lobbyist is someone who advocates for someone or an organization and gets paid for influencing legislation. Every year, $9 billion is spent on lobbying. It is the 3rd largest budget after government agencies and the food and tourist industries. The Restaurant Association is just one among literally hundreds of special-interest advocates operating in Washington, […]
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Blog postThe oddest “job” I have ever had was at the invitation of a very large home builder. I was asked to stand in the kitchen of a model home, look like a mom, and cook little snacks for the house hunters. It was a hugely successful promotion. Not surprisingly, everyone gathered in the kitchen. Neighbors met neighbors and shared notes about schools and other areas of mutual interest. Sales soared.
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Blog postI was proud to serve as president of Les Dames d’Escoffier. Every year, we honored a star from our dining and drinking galaxy. During this time, I stumbled across the writings of M. F. K. Fisher, and I applauded her designation as America’s so-called “epicure laureate.” I unhesitatingly chose M. F. K. when it was […]
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Blog postThe wise are forever issuing dire warnings about slippery slopes. Here is one that has become a very steep slide indeed: Traditional publishers are taking fewer risks on unknown authors and are producing fewer cookbooks. This means that there is less need to maintain high-priced publishing offices in high-rent districts. Costs are cut as publishers’ […]
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Blog postKeep on trucking has acquired entirely a new meaning these days.
Rice pudding, exotic ice cream, cupcakes, flavored popcorn, french fries, and Korean tacos are just a few among the dozens of street foods on the menus of flourishing food trucks now offering ‘meals on wheels’.
Today, there are regional food truck festivals, food truck awards, even a Chef movie worthy of a truck stop.
A proprietor of a small operation in a busy location can make a fortune providing health -
Blog postWe are undergoing a massive change in how we think about our food and in the ways we buy, cook, and eat it.
Our opinions are influenced by activists protesting the pollution of the earth’s soil, air, and water, the inhumane treatment of animals, and the presence of hormones, additives, and preservatives. Some of these concerns are amply justified; others have little or no basis in reality.
Our judgments are also molded—far more than we may be prepared to admit—by skillful adve
