Archives: August 2008

Surprise Post: An Alaskan Woman's Lunch

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 29, Categories:

Governor Palin signing an engergy bill. Let it never be said that this blog is oblivious to the great political developments unfolding in this country, or unable to find...

Mexican Misfire

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 26, Categories:

I was so excited. A tiny item in The New York Times food section last week tipped me off that Toloache, a nearby Mexican restaurant, was going to mark its...

A Random Walk Down Lunch Street

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 25, Categories:

It was one of those days when I didn't have a clue about what I wanted to eat when I pushed the elevator button to head out for lunch....

The Lunch Roll

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 20, Categories:

A semi-regular compilation of news from lunch tables around the world. Many of you may have read about Michael Phelps's 12,000-calorie-a-day diet. For lunch alone, the New York Post reported,...

The Big Mac (Part II): Announcing the BME

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 14, Categories:

In 1986 the Economist magazine established the Big Mac Index to assess purchasing-power parity of currencies in the roughly 120 countries where the Big Mac is sold. Today the...

The Big Mac: A Tribute

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 12, Categories:

Today I write to pay homage to the Big Mac. Just hearing its name gets me salivating. Yes, there’s the nostalgia factor -- McDonald’s rolled it out nationally 40...

Sharing Herring

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 11, Categories:

From Heringsschwarm to ... creamed herring (below) What do you get when you bring together people of German, Estonian and Jewish heritage? A herring fan club. (It must be...

From Our Man in the Field

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 06, Categories:

Last we heard from BusinessWeek correspondent David Kiley, he was checking out lunch options in Las Vegas. This dispatch comes from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he lives. Working at...

Szechuan Savior

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 05, Categories:

What to do, what to do? I ate my lunch for breakfast. I thought I could hold out, save the wedge of Irish cheddar I had in the office...

Leeks to the Press

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 04, Categories:

“What are you doing with all those leeks?” That was my question for my neighbor Christiane, who had about a bushel of them in her arms when I bumped...

What Would Jack Do?

Posted by: Michael Orey on August 01, Categories:

From wet-behind-the-ears entrepreneurs to seasoned CEOs of mega multinationals, those wrestling with matters of businesses strategy have often asked a single question: What would Jack Welch do? I of...