2010 July : Cafe Fernando – Food Blog

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, ...

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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 ...

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I am writing my first cookbook. And I can't believe I just said that. Five months ago, I received an e-mail from a Turkish publishing house, asking if I'd be interested in writing a cookbook. The moment I read that e-mail, I stood up and started walking around the house, looking for stupid chores to keep my mind occupied. I had been waiting for that e-mail for a ...

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