Finding our way

As I have broadcast to anyone who would listen, I took on the food service for the Ranch a few weeks ago and have been working HEROICALLY (according to me) to get things in order, organized, and working as they should. This involves interactions with…the Foodies! AKA the kitchen work team of Ranchers whose job…

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Last night

The Village at Twilight This week was a hard week. Our cook quit abruptly a few weeks ago, and we figured out that our Pavilion kitchen had been suffering from…shall we say, a lack of stewardship…for some time, so I’m handling all the food ordering, shopping, menu creating, and consequent flack-catching for the Ranch for…

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A salad’s a salad…or is it?

Marci and I worked with the kitchen team yesterday doing some major cleaning and reorganization, . I was struggling to move a large shelving unit in the pantry to get behind and clean (the result of which today is a very sore back) when Julia walked past me.  She stopped in her tracks, fixed me with a…

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Good morning, Moon

It’s once of those staff-crunch times at Down Home Ranch.  We’re all doing double and sometimes triple duty as we deal with unexpected staff departures and unfilled new positions. Like the Food and Wellness Coordinator. Changing our “food culture” at Down Home Ranch has been a challenge, to say the least.  We once again have begun…

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