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Notes from the kitchen
Pricing, systems, and the stories nobody warns you about — from 20+ years in commercial kitchens. The hard-won stuff that actually runs a baking business.
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June 11, 2026
Vocational Trade School Changed My Life (And Probably Saved It)
The mentors who scared the hell out of me and made me better. The case for trade school over six-figure debt — told through screaming chefs, a wedding-cake wipeout, a mouse, and the scholarship I turned down.
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June 11, 2026
The Small Town Cupcake Shop: Four Stories About Staying Too Long
A warning I ignored before day one. A burn, a rehire, a setup for failure, and a last Saturday that ended the whole thing. Four stories from one small-town cupcake shop — and why I stayed too long.
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June 7, 2026
The Job I Should Have Walked Away From Before I Started
I almost got blown up at work. Twice. In two days. But every disaster was written on the wall before I took the job — the red flags I ignored, and what twenty years in kitchens should have told me to do.
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