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A Reason for Recipes
“Americans, more than any other culture on earth, are cookbook cooks; we learn to make our meals not from any oral tradition, but from a text.” —John Thorne, Simple Food There is a lament in … Continued
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Citrus Salad with Olive Oil and Marash Red Pepper
It’s high citrus season. This is the time of the year oranges, grapefruits and their cousins are at their best. You can really smell them from the outside — scratch and sniff the rind for … Continued
Food
Our Quest for Local Flour
Here at BAKE! and next door at Zingerman’s Bakehouse, we work with wheat every day. Flour is one of our most important ingredients. We often talk about how it feels in our hands, how it … Continued
Ari on Business
It’s OK for employees to say no
Excerpted from Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 2: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Being a Better Leader From the outside in we need to encourage others—especially those who aren’t accustomed to working this way— … Continued
Ari on Business
Anarcho-Capitalism: Framed in Free Choice
Excerpted from Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 2: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Being a Better Leader It’s an interesting construct, one that seems like it should be a no-brainer, but I think is … Continued
Ari on Business
Natural Law #12: Great organizations are appreciative, and the people in them have more fun
I added this one to the list fairly recently. It’s not that having fun is a novel idea—here at Zingerman’s we’ve had it written into our guiding principles for years. But we long ago realized … Continued