Let me get this out of the way; I don’t actually like traditional sushi. When I was consulting in Memphis, this Japanese restaurant had this fried and generally sweet sushi dish that I loved immensely. Since I’ve been back home I haven’t been able to find anyone who makes that sort of thing… but I […]

After talking to a friend of mine who lives in Australia and just visited the United States, it occurred to me that tipping is something that many people just don’t seem to get right. People in other countries are always confused by the fact that we have tipping at all, but I’ve often found myself […]

It took me years to get into Stella’s Diner, which is just off Hiawatha Blvd near Carousel Mall. It’s not that I didn’t want to go. It’s that I’m the type of person that sometimes has to be convinced that it’s worth waiting a long time to get into a place. What finally did it […]