Holy Guacamole
This podcast released an episode every week between 2020 and 2023. The idea was to share first-hand stories from restaurant owners, cafe owner, travel businesses and more.
PODCAST
82: Esoteric History of Whisky, with Shelley Sackier
We’re continuing our journey of gastronomy with a reading about whiskey, from a newly published book called Make it a Double. The author Shelley Sackier kindly agreed to a dramatic reading from her book, for Holy Guacamole. She was recently in Baltimore, at an event at Greedy Reads with Chelsea Gregoire. Chelsea added this book to our library at Church Bar and I was first in line to read it. It’s punchy, captures Whisky’s incredibly history and it's craft. You’ll hear her love of the drink too!
We’re continuing our journey of gastronomy with a reading about whisky, from a newly published book called Make it a Double. The author Shelley Sackier kindly agreed to a dramatic reading from her book, for Holy Guacamole. She was recently in Baltimore, at an event at Greedy Reads with Chelsea Gregoire. Chelsea added this book to our library at Church Bar and I was first in line to read it. It’s punchy, captures Whisky’s incredibly history and it's craft. You’ll hear her love of the drink too!
How does this little vignette about whisky relate to your service in your business? Simply put, each item we serve, in hospitality is generally steeped in history. Alcohol comes in so many forms, each with elaborate histories. It may be hard to engage your customers with this level of geekiness. Some of you do pull that off, and good for you. But I’ll say that many of us continue to be intrigued by gastronomy, and our love hospitality enough to be life long learners. .… Indulge in your life long learning when you can and when you want to. Maybe it will seep to the top and make your restaurant, cafe, food truck or bar a little more curious and wonderful.
81: ESOTERIC HISTORY OF DELIVERY SERVICE
Here is the short history of delivery service around the world, which culminates in the US.
The business of delivering tiffin boxes in Mumbai started in 1890. It’s called Dhabbawallah, when the Parsi and British communities living in Mumbai needed the convenience of a tiffin delivery service.
Here is the short history of delivery service around the world, which culminates in the US.
The business of delivering tiffin boxes in Mumbai started in 1890. It’s called Dhabbawallah, when the Parsi and British communities living in Mumbai needed the convenience of a tiffin delivery service.
A year earlier, in. 1889 a pair of Italian royals are widely considered to be the first pizza delivery customers. King Umberto and Queen Margherita recived a pizza from an ambition pizza shop as his way to popularize this new food item. It was one delivery, and build some interest in pizza delivery.
What followed in the US would be chinese food delivery, TV dinners, and the first guarantee of a timed delivery, with Domino's Pizza. More recently meal kits and meal delivery service expanded peoples food horizons with lesser known cuisines.
While this episode may seem out of place among all the first hand interviews with owners, chefs and industry folks, it really is not. Over and over Martha Lucius works with clients on their particular brand, knowing the history and the stories behind a niche proves to be a way to translate your business for your customers. Delivery services may not be new, but each owner can acknowledge it's impact on profitability. Do what's good for the health of the business and your teams.