Tag Archives: strategic dining
Start The Year Off Right: Memorize The Business Dining Dirty Dozen
In wrapping up a professionally eventful 2017, I thought I’d take a look at the 12 most important business dining missteps that I’ve covered over the years. This review can be a lesson for all of us, since often, while … Continue reading
When Things Go Wrong at the Business Meal, Part Three: Mistaken Orders
At this point, it may have become my most resonant motto: When dining out for business, the occasion is not about the meal….it’s about the business. However, it’s pretty hard to ignore the “meal” part of the equation. This is … Continue reading
When Things Go Wrong at the Business Meal, Part One: Tabletop Navigation
Business meals are ideal venues to build rapport, develop business and maintain your network. At Goldie’s Table Matters we work to educate business professionals through workshops in Strategic Dining℠, ensuring they maximize the opportunities presented at the restaurant table. Only … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day Dining: Don’t Be A Dummy
Back in the days of my restaurant, Goldie’s by the Bridge, we used to brand some holidays as “dummies’ day-out”. Valentine’s Day was the queen of them all. These are occasions when people who don’t usually dine out suddenly do. … Continue reading
The Anchin Effect: An Evening of Wine & Food Education Opens Minds
When everyone in the room is on the same page, you can just sense it. A prime example was last Wednesday evening’s gathering of 20 ladies at Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP for a little education, a little business networking, … Continue reading
Posted in Networking, Quick Meals, Restaurant Dining, Strategic Dining℠, The Home Kitchen, Wine
Tagged business dining, easy and elegant recipes, food and wine pairing, food education, foodie insight, healthful cooking, home cooking, interactive wine and food, networking, perception of wine, strategic dining, wine, wine-wise
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Business Dining Hotspots: A Slice of Union Square
Midtown Manhattan can be considered the heart of NYC, and it’s where I find myself dining for business most often. Still, keeping a map in my brain of dining hotspots beyond the epicenter comes in quite handy when I call … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant Dining, Wine
Tagged budget friendly, business dining, foodie insight, fresh market cuisine, strategic dining
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Home at 10:45pm, Dinner Served Before 11!
Yes, it was another one of those long days on the go last Tuesday. When I finally walked in the door of my apartment, dropped my bag and hung up my coat at quarter to eleven, I literally did not … Continue reading
Posted in Base Hits to Better Health℠, Healthful Living, Quick Meals, The Home Kitchen
Tagged Base Hits to Better Health, clean cooking, easy and elegant recipes, healthful cooking, healthful living, healthful meals, home cooking, making good food choices, quick meals, strategic dining, vegetarian cooking
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Executive Presence: Putting the U in Punctuality
Punctuality, Period. It sounds so second-nature and unessential to dwell upon, yet being on time speaks volumes about a person— good volumes. Time management skills and preparedness will pay off big time in this dominion, and your punctuality will give … Continue reading