Parmesan and Black Pepper Biscuits
July 27th, 2010 | Category: Breakfast and Brunch
If someone ever compiles a list of “The Most Bizarre Projects Ever”, I am pretty sure that at least three of the ones I was assigned during my ten years in the corporate world would make it to the top of that list.
Here are a few: I was woken up on a Sunday night and was ordered to do some damage control for one of our billboards, which was supposed to welcome a VIP from the headquarters arriving in Istanbul the next morning. Apparently, during the heavy rain that day, a couple drops of water leaked into the billboard, which “had the potential to cause” a tiny section close to the edge of the ad curl (which would be impossible to detect from the VIP’s limo on the road, but still unacceptable). I was ordered to rush to the site with a ladder (the billboard was 12-feet tall) and a hair dryer to dry the ad (I promised to take care of the situation, hung up and went back to sleep). On another occasion, again involving welcoming a VIP guest, we were planning on hanging banners on electric poles with our ads printed on them. Before they were printed and hanged, I was asked to test, in a lab environment, the maximum wind speed they could withstand “by creating artificial winds at several different speeds” (I just laughed). I saved the best for last: I was ordered to put together a PowerPoint presentation summarizing a love scandal that had broken out in the office, to be sent to our headquarters abroad.
What’s even more bizarre than these requests is the fact that, over time, I’ve somehow gotten used to them.
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Chocolate Mousse Recipe
July 13th, 2010 | Category: Chocolate, Puddings and Custards
I’ve told you about the best part of working from home, but I realized I haven’t mentioned some of the not-so-delightful sides.
First of all, according to your friends, you no longer have a “job”. What they call a job requires an office – preferably, one with stale coffee and decade-old carpeting. So, when they call you in the middle of the day and invite you out to lunch, grab a coffee or go lamp shopping for their new house, don’t expect them to take your “I am busy!” response too seriously.
Besides, what work? After all, you are only baking a cake and taking its pictures.
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