Taylor scale.

I'm a foodie and for many things, especially baking, you need to do things by weight, not by volume.

One shortfall of the Taylor scale is if you have to use BIG bowls, or anything else that obscures the readout.

Many scales have readouts that are removable.

Back to 1951

Back to 1951

Yes, I'm in fact a dog judge. Tracking and obedience.

This is a great tip.

- Also add noise as if you're having fun.
- Let's say that you've got a dog that comes to you 95% of the time. Want to ruin all that training for the next couple of years. When you do get the dog to come to you, start screaming at the dog and…

Always, always, always, talk to the person you want to give you a reference.

As a recruiter, I can't tell you the number of people who think that just because someone seemed to like them, that they'd give them a reference. Worst case. I called a candidates reference. The reply essentially. "This guy was the worst…

I have no financial interest in this.

If you're a real foodie and want to "take it up a notch", get the book "The Flavor Bible".

It goes into spices, etc., but it also goes into ingredients such as scallops.

Up front. There are no recipes in the book. This is list after list of what goes with what.

Many of the…

Let's see. I respond to things such as this without a lot of thought into sentence structure, etc. since it's not going to customers.

I work in a very technical part of the food industry.

For the last 8 years, I've averaged over $150,000.00/year. Prior to that, I worked in food ingredient sales, including as a…

I'll add two more.

Responsibilities versus accomplishments. Every plumber knows how to replace a faucet. A potential employer wants to know how your faucet replacing skill are better (i.e. going to make the employer more money).

White space. As mentioned above, you're limiting the number of pages. That makes the space…

Ever go to a site such as Monster? How many jobs do you look at before you find one that you might apply for?

Look at listing your resume on LinkedIn and getting spam as the same thing.

Sure you might get 20 - 50 pieces of spam. But then again, you might get that ONE job solicitation that might be real.

Your…

As a recruiter, it amazes me how many people will list their address as their only point of contact on their resume.

As for those of you worried about spam.

In case you're not aware, if costs recruiters to send people emails if their email address is not listed on LinkedIn.

Worried about spam? Just one more person I…

I won't buy cookbooks as e-books. They just don't work. They haven't made them where the recipes are easily accessible.

One thing I've never heard.

Ecological.

How many trees are cut down every year to print all of these books?

Sorry, but I disagree with the comment that college grads make more money.

I'm a recruiter in the food ingredient industry. The industry is dominated primarily by jobs for people with highly technical backgrounds. Perhaps 95% of the jobs I see fall into that category. The exception is for sales types.

I think the BIG…

If you get shut down on money, don't just walk away.

Ask for an extra day of vacation. Essentially, try to come away with something.

Keep in mind also that extra money has to go through a budget process, etc. An extra day of vacation doesn't show up on a spread sheet.

Try looking a little closer at Glassdoor. Try to find a company that has a lot of ratings, but is still rated middle of the road. Then look to see if the company has a LOT of ratings from current employees. Then notice the ratings of previous employees vs. current employees.

Glassdoor is telling employers to have their…

Warning about Glassdoor.

I'm a recruiter and Glassdoor is a site that I used to recommend to candidates. I found the reviews there pretty accurate. As an aside, I spent 30 years selling products in my industry, so I was pretty familiar with many companies that would get reviews.

About six months ago, Glassdoor started…

Mr. Johnson might consider this eating well, but this is hardly a balanced diet and I have a hard time believing that he's getting 21 meals out of that haul.

Slightly off subject, but this concept actually saved me from losing about $12,000.00 in bonus.

Company I was working for was shutting down operations in the US. We had gone past the date when bonuses were supposed to be paid out. My ***hole boss decided to stiff me on my bonus saying that I hadn't earned it (it was…

Really?

You leave out DUCT TAPE?

A caution about freeze dried herbs and condiments. (I used to sell them industrially)
These are all EXTREMELY hydroscopic (they take on water easily). With a lot of freeze dried items once you open the package, they're going to start taking on water. Depending on what you're making, you are not going to be happy with…

Do you folks have ANY taste buds?

Chopped onions? Shouldn't take you more than a couple of minutes. If it does you need to learn how to use a knife correctly.

For all of these "convenience" foods, you're giving up taste and adding a lot of junk to what you're eating.
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For me. Minimalist pasta sauces. Then add…

Sorry, but the taste difference makes these products unusable for me. Running out? You can run out of the tubes. Clean up? If it takes you more than a couple of minutes, you're doing something wrong.