Motherhood & the Baking Business
In honor of the upcoming Mother’s Day, today and tomorrow’s articles are reprints of highly popular material I originally published in 2011.
Despite the fact that many women love to cook, you’ll find that men outnumber women in professional kitchens at an astonishing rate. One reason for this is that a professional kitchen career leaves very little room for motherhood. It’s not easy to juggle partner, house, and baby when you’re working 14 hour days. With Mother’s Day coming up I thought it would only be appropriate to share a story of a mompreneur (entrepreneur + mother) working in this crazy food industry. Read more
(This was the #1 most viewed article last year so I figured it was worth repeating!) Happy New Year! In case you haven’t noticed, all around us people are making their new year’s resolutions and vowing to stick with them (if you belong to a gym you know that it’s darn near impossible to get on a treadmill these days!). The new year is also a great time to spend some time thinking about your business goals and where you want your business to go in 
Happy Chinese New Year! According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, we are ushering in the Year of the Dragon which promises good things for entrepreneurs!
If you’ve ever worked in a corporate office (or are currently doing that while also starting/running your food business on the side) then you’re well aware of the annual performance review time period. It’s that time of year, usually when the office halls are decked with holiday cheer, where you’re hauled into your supervisor’s office and held accountable for all you did and didn’t achieve in the past year. Even if you’ve been a stellar employee, performance reviews often get your heart thudding as you anticipate the worst. 
