Why Flocking Like Geese Makes It Easier to Soar Like an Eagle While most of us prefer turkey for our holiday feasts (devout turkey lovers having it for both Thanksgiving and Christmas), goose has been the traditional dish of winter holidays for centuries. In the...

Some “Hors d'oeuvres” style answers to common legal questions. (Toothpicks and filo dough not included.) I've talked about the possible pitfalls of office holiday parties and how you can steer clear of some of the potential problems that can arise in my post Holiday...

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. Next stop, the Cranberry Zone! While Thanksgiving could possibly also be associated with the Yam Zone or the Turkey Zone, I think Cranberry Zone is more appropriate. Why?...

Oh Parmesan, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. . . If you’re a regular reader of my newsletters, you probably think I’ve never met a food I didn’t like. But if I were to list them all in preferential order, Parmesan would definitely be pretty high on the...

The Skittles Effect Is About More Than Candy Halloween is over. It’s time to put away the costumes and ghoulish make-up, pack-up the spooky decorations, and toss your jack-o-lantern in with the composting. And, whether it’s because you didn’t have enough kids ringing...

When you think about government contracts you probably don’t think about Tootsie Rolls. Think again. When it comes to Halloween I think everyone is a kid at heart. While you may not dress up anymore, if you’re like me, every time you see the kids in costume it takes...

What happened when Apple tried to take a bite out of Apple? Last week we tasted the plain goodness of baked apples. This, of course, led to a discussion about what kind of apples are “the best”. Red Delicious? Fuji? Gala? Jonagold? Empire? Cameo? Honeycrisp? Arkansas...

Wouldn’t it be nice if corporations could be as versatile as apples?  Now they can. The rainy days of autumn signal the end of another sweltering Texas summer.  As the air turns crisp and the temperature drops, my love of crisp fall apples starts to rise.  I’m not the...

Why You Can’t Sue Apple If You Eat Your Ipod Not too long ago someone mentioned that my recent post “Where were you the day Twinkies died?” was just one of the many plays on Twinkies death and rebirth. One of the most notable is Twinkie: Rest in Peeps, the winning...

Bet You Didn’t Know Fluffernutter Had Such a Rich History National Fluffernutter Day was October 8th. Given my recent delightful experience with sage flavored marshmallows in butternut squash soup, I thought I would give it a nod this year. Much like Fluffernutter, my...