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How to Solve the Trade Deficit – Part III

August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Knowledge Worker

This is Part III of my special on How to Solve the Trade Deficit.  If you missed the earlier parts, you can read Part I or Part II first. How to Solve the Trade Deficit - Knowledge Workers vs. Manual Workers In many ways, your question about the trade deficit has very little to do with global trade policies and everything to do with the rise of the "knowledge worker" class that Peter Drucker predicted in 1959. Drucker, the management guru who is to executives what Warren Buffett is to … [Read more...]

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Mental Model: Social Loafing

August 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

If you were starting a project or business, common sense would tell you that you could produce 5x as much output if there were five people working on your goals than if there were just one person.  If you are running a counseling program, ten counselors should be able to do 10x the work as a single counselor, right?  If you are starting a candle company, twenty employees should be able to produce 4x the work as five employees, right?  If you are a mom cleaning out a garage, you should get … [Read more...]

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Fresh Salmon with a Tomato Bruschetta on a Bed of Orzo Pasta with a Tasty Reduction

March 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fresh Salmon with Tomato Bruschetta on Pasta

Aaron and I got to be the lucky recipients of an original recipe creation by Jocelyn tonight.  The amazing thing was, each serving had only 500 calories after measuring the ingredients and portion sizes.  It was refreshingly light yet satisfying, which is a difficult combination to achieve.  Between Ruth's Chris Steakhouse last night, the Julia Child recipes that are bound to be cooked up this week (entirely new, of course ... we are ready to experiment beyond our usual favorites), and these … [Read more...]

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Beef and Onions Braised in Beer by Julia Child

February 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Julia Child Beef and Onions Braised in Beer Recipe

Tonight, we decided to try the recipe immediately following the Julia Child Beef Bourguignon recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking (I wrote about our experience with that recipe a few months ago).  The entree is called Carbonnades a la Flamande, which translates into Beef and Onions Braised in Beer.  This followed the Chicken Simmered in Cream from yesterday, which has become our favorite Julia Child recipe (I haven't yet discussed it here but plan to add it sometime in the future).  … [Read more...]

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Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce for Breakfast

February 13, 2010 By 2 Comments
Eggs Benedict for Breakfast

During Ashly and Ian's visit from Ohio this weekend, and as part of our weekend of gourmet dining, they made us eggs benedict with a hollandaise sauce on Saturday morning.  The nutritional sacrifice was worth it (health food, this is most certainly not but 1,000 calories was a small price to pay). The eggs benedict recipe consisted of two English muffins covered with poached eggs, Canadian bacon, and hollandaise sauce.  Frankly, I don't know the details of how they prepared it because I was … [Read more...]

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Gourmet Chili with Red Wine

February 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The gourmet chili with red wine recipe cost between $65 and $75 in ingredients alone, but it doesn't need to be that expensive. The red wine added a great flavor and the peppers caused a slow, burning aftertaste that was quite satisfying.

Aaron said he wanted to make chili.  I said fine (this went on for a few weeks - he really wanted to try to customize his own gourmet chili recipe).  It ended up costing $65 to $70 for the ingredients alone, making me wonder why everything we do tends to be in excess.  Now, this is a good trait in some regards (we obsessively built our first online business, which was a great foundation due to the stream of earnings it provided us to invest in other things), and the same goes when we start … [Read more...]

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Rainbow Pancakes

February 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I came across these rainbow pancakes when reading the blogs and thought it was a really cool idea. Of course, the fact that it reminds me of either a Christian Bible Camp or a gay pride parade is funny. I like a little dichotomy in my breakfast.

I happened to be sitting at the dining room table, a cup of coffee in one hand, writing out plans for potentially launching a mutual fund this year (this time around, it's a Parker Duofold rollerball in an amber check pattern from the recent shipment of fine writing instruments we received at Kennon Home Accessories and its retail store, Kennon & Company).  As I was mulling over some ideas in my head, I was reading the blogs, which is my customary morning routine that began back in the … [Read more...]

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Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Drizzle, Fresh Blueberries, Roasted Peaches, and Whipped Cream

August 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Vanilla Cake with Blueberries, Peaches, Strawberries, and Whipped Cream

Aaron decided to make a vanilla cake with strawberry drizzle, fresh blueberries, roasted peaches, and whipped cream for our guests from Ohio and it was enjoyable.  I got a serving of it tonight and took a picture of it with my iPhone. The recipe came from a cookbook I picked up at Borders that specialized in reproducing some of the best and most renowned dishes at America's finest four and five star restaurants.  The cake itself was a tad bit on the dry side.  I think it would be perfect … [Read more...]

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On Tonight’s Menu: The Julia Child Beef Bourguignon Recipe

August 16, 2009 By 4 Comments
Julia Child Beef Bourguignon Recipe

Two of our best friends are visiting from Ohio this weekend and so we decided to try the now-famous Julia Child beef bourguignon recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking.  After seeing the movie Julie & Julia last Sunday with my mom, everyone thought it would be fun to give it a go. We found that the Julia Child beef bourguignon recipe was being given away for free by the publisher of her magnum opus, so I thought I'd share them with you here.  It sounds magnificent and, given … [Read more...]

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