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POET’s table
a cranky napkin…
At A THREE-STAR DINER…
Historic Restaurant
WAITING
…faster and faster…
…serving…
Aging
Any door
Spaghetti House
Opossum Dive Diner
So Much Depends (on who said what!)…
The Epic Saga
JOKES GALORE
JOKES BUFFET 1
JOKES BUFFET 2
JOKES BUFFET 3
JOKES BUFFET 4
JOKES BUFFET 5
JOKES BUFFET 6
bill of fare
Cocktails by Big Al
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NAPKIN-FOLDING
TABLE-SETTINGS
International Delights:
GUESS
Basics
DETAILS
PLEASURE
Waiting Game
Monterey’s 1st WAITERS’ RACE
THE TIMECARD
TRENDS
ETIQUETTE
Rules I better adhere to…
WAITER
Breakage
DISHWASHER
INTER-MEZZO:
SILVER RESET PLATE
WINES WITH DINNER
A DELICATE SITUATION
Multiple Seatings
FIRST IMPRESSION
WAITER-HOST
15 MINUTES TILL…
GLASSES ON THE DINNER-TABLE
TABLE-SILVER
TABLE-SILVER-SETTINGS
FORK, SPOON & KNIFE
A FULL DINNER SETTING
THE TABLE CLOTH QUESTION
HOW TO TAKE THE ORDERS AT A TEN-TOP?
SPECIALITIES & OTHER DELECTABLES
ON THE JOB TRAINING
NON MONETARY REWARDS
STEAK TARTAR
More About The Huns
ARTICHOKES
FINESSE
OSHI BURI
Before Dinner Drinks
Entertainment (a course between courses)!
How To Annoy Your Guest (if you host a party)?
SOUP DE JOUR
SPLIT ORDERS
GAZPACHO
Terrine
FRESHLY TOSSED-SALADS INCLUDED
NO BANQUET-CONTRACT, GUESS WHO LOSES OUT?
Adventurers
A WAITER’S TOOLS
ADDICT- ALCOHOLIC
A WAITER’S NIGHTMARE
DISCOVERING FAST FOOD
SERVING AND CLEARING PLATES AND GLASSES
TODAY’S PLATE SERVICE
FRENCH-, RUSSIAN & BRITISH SERVICE
SILVER PLATTERS AND RECHAUDS
PASTA & MORE MOUTHWATERING DISHES:
NICE LABEL
RESTAURANT FOOD
OBSERVATIONS
FOND MEMORIES
Carnival
Food & Animals
EXPECTATIONS
APPEASING-DISPLEASING
LESS HEAVY FOOD
BOXER SHORTS
THE BEAT
TABLE BY TABLE
FULLY LOADED TRAYS
WINE & DINE
DECANT
BAIT
THE BEST OF A MISTAKE
WHEN TO DECANT
MONTEREY WINE COUNTY
…MORE ABOUT MONTEREY
SCREW TOPS
HOW TO CARRY GLASSES?
UNCORKING A WINE BOTTLE
WINE BOTTLE SIZES
HOW TO OPEN CHAMPAGNE-, SEKT- OR SPARKLING WINE BOTTLES
WRONG COLOR
POULLY FUISSE
SERVING WINE BY THE BOTTLE
ZINFANDEL
WINE SALES
WINE SAMPLES
ENTREES – MAIN DISHES
MEETING AN IDOL
SELLING FOOD
THERE USED TO BE A FAMOUS 5 STAR HOTEL
JOHANNESBURG 1975
THEY ALWAYS WANT WHAT THEY CANNOT GET
CORRECTING
Their Way
CALIFORNIA GIRL
85th BIRTHDAY
Hard To Please
To Listen Or Not To Listen
Another Shift Worked
Getting Even
GUESTS WHO DO COME BACK
GENERATION GAP
NOT THE DINNER BUT THE DINER
CHOICES
PEER PRESSURE
SILKY SMOOTH DELICATE DESSERTS
Forbidden
Forbidden 2
Great Speeches
01 Inaugural Speeches
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William H. Harrison
John Tyler
02 Inaugural Speeches
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
03 Inaugural Speeches
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodor Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
04 Inaugural Speeches
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
James Earl Carter
Ronald Reagan
05 Inaugural Speeches
George Bush
William B. Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack H. Obama
Pay Yourself
SURPRISE-SURPRISE
Tips & Memorabilia
Incompetent Help
DESSERT(s)
TIPS & THE IRS
VILE GOSSIP
GUEST-BOOK
JUST ONE SENTENCE
Poetry by helmut s.
The Sepp Book Series, by helmut s.
BLOG?
For Starters
Change
Sensible
New California Cuisine
Restaurant vs. (fine) Restaurant
Dinner
Waiting on Tables
A La California
Job Application
Hospitality History
Gastronomical…
About Hotels in America
The Early Days Of American Hospitality & Lodging
The American Innkeeper
1794 City Hotel New York
A First Five Star Hotel 1829
The Palace in San Francisco
Statler 1908
Resorts 1766 to the 1900s
Motels
Independent Hotel Operators
International Hotels and Resorts
Franchised or Managed Hotel Properties
Convention Business
Hotel Classifications
Use of Technology
What hasn’t changed over time…?
Working in Hospitality
Typical Jobs in Hospitality
American and European Hotel Structures
Theme Hotels
About Food Service
Cabarets
Thermopoliums
Middle Ages
What did people eat in the Middle Ages?
Boulanger
Early American Taverns
Stage Coach stops and more…
First American Restaurants
Modern restaurant equipment 1803
Hot Dogs
Pre 1950 American food and food service
Frozen Foods
Fast Food and other Franchises
The 1980s upscale Restaurant rush
Food Service in Inns and Hotels
Speciality Restaurants
2 Structures Of Food Service Businesses
Waiters World by Paul Paz
HOSPITALITY & I
Early Production Kitchens
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05 Inaugural Speeches
George Bush
William J. Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack H. Obama
Pay Yourself
by helmut schonwalder