I am very curious what other people do to continue to come up with fresh ideas. I work in a small restaurant in a small community in northern Maine. I have never cooked at another restaurant before this. The customers that I serve are country folk with relatively shy tastes that lean toward old fashioned home cooking. I try to provide for them all of the things they expect with a sprinkling of things that are new that they cant get anywhere else in the area. At first it was very hard. Everything I made was "too wierd". Slowly, a few regulars at a time i won people over and now they are very excited to see something new ( within reason ). I love it. I am blessed(I think) with a boss that gives me liberty to do what I want as long as I consider, expense, labor time and the all important... will the customers stick up their noses or will it sell? So anyway... I have alot of fun. However, living in a rural area my best resourse for Ideas, problem solving and self education is the internet. Lately I am feeling a little stale. I am looking at the same ole web sites and not getting any new inspiration. I need a flaver that they will eat that I havent explored yet or a new tecnique to perfect someting that I already do, to inspire me. As I consider myself a novice Im sure there is much much more I can do. I guess maybe I have a little "bakers block"
End of summer burn out?
Anyway I would love to hear what others do to keep from getting stale, continue learning and improving and keep up with new ideas that will sell.
End of summer burn out?
Anyway I would love to hear what others do to keep from getting stale, continue learning and improving and keep up with new ideas that will sell.
