6-12-04

I was in a firm of lawyers today in a great little kitchen. Spotlessly clean and very organized. Lunch for fourteen partners and a few sandwiches is the norm. Fourteen? This job I can do. The young lady running the show is straight out of school, Cordon Bleu no doubt and has never cooked for more than 4 people at a time. Consequently she is putting in 10 and 12-hour days to complete her job. Today was a staff lunch for 60 that has her rotating on the spot. I shall be back here in a month to do the next one—I hope she gets her act together or it’s going to be a long hard life for her. Buying two onions and a head of garlic each day is not the smart way to go, but she has the confidence of youth and a determination to carry her burdens alone so I expect little to have changed upon my return.