Paranoid for Thanksgiving.

I love Thanksgiving. It’s a great time to be with family and when families are spread out and travel is difficult -- a great time to get together with our close friends that have become our “second or extended family.” I love Thanksgiving because it’s a holiday without the pressure of shopping for and figuring out what gift old Uncle Joe would like this year. It is just an eat-a-thon with almost no pressure attached. Except for one thing -- we all feel just a little pressure from what to make or bring to the Thanksgiving eat-a-thon.

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My absolute favorite holiday is Halloween and when I found out that my boss Mike wanted to throw a Halloween bash, I was elated. Part of the bash included a pumpkin carving contest. Everyone spent the week prior to Halloween trying to decide what to do with their pumpkin. Mum was the word because no one was going to share their idea, being a contest and all.
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Cead Mile Failte from Louisville!
(A Hundred Thousand Welcomes)

Posted by Megan Warmouth

A few weeks ago, I trekked down to Louisville, Kentucky, home of the Slugger and the Derby, to celebrate a milestone birthday of a friend. Not knowing what to expect or what the official party plans were, I was surprised when my friend, after dividing the partygoers into two groups, announced that we were going on a scavenger hunt. Not having participated in such an activity since I was 12, I was hesitant, to put it mildly—after all, I had no idea which way was North in the river city and getting lost is not my idea of fun!

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After relocating its North American headquarters from Canada to Chicago, Barry Callebaut asked GH to oversee the grand opening of its first U.S. Chocolate Academy, the 12th in the world.

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Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a special event at WIRED Magazine’s NextFest, celebrating the release of Grant Achatz’s new Alinea cookbook. While Alinea’s official exhibit at NextFest focused more directly on its use of innovative serving pieces by Crucial Detail design studio, the theme of the book party was tailored to the multi-sensory Alinea experience.

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