CODE OF CUNDUCT

In appreciation to those working harder than ever to provide the best of the best of their finest products for us; cooks chefs and everyone in the industry, a simple thanks is just not enough. to all the farmers, knife makers, pans, pots and oven manufacturers, shoe, pants jacket makers, the designers, architects, to them  we owe our  best of the best of performance and care to these product every single day whether or not you are in the kitchen.

 COOKSUNITED:CODE OF CONDUCT, thriving for perfection in using and up-keeping perfect product.

most of us go about our day taking all that surrounds us for granted, letting that small thing go unnoticed as if they don't matter,but if we take the time and the same energy we put into everything else and distribute that energy evenly towards everything, truly observe all with our most absolute and undivided attention, only then the we can repay that dept.

we run all day like chickens with their heads cut off, granted, that the nature of our job(profession).

However take the time and ask the most important Q?S.

-TALK TO THE FARMERS ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM 

-STOP AND APPRECIATE THE EQUIPMENTS YOU WORK WITH

-KEEP THEM CLEAN 

- SHIT HAPPENS , THINGS BREAK BUT USE THEM 

THE PROPER WAY AND WITH CARE.

-KEEP CLEAN UNIFORMS,OR CHANGE IF

YOU HAVE TOO.

-NOTICING THE CHANGES THAT HAS TO BE MADE 

START WITH YOU

WIHT US

COOKSUNITED.

GOODBYE SUMMER

RECENTLY AT HOME.
FEW PROJECTS I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
CANNED HEIRLOOM TOMATOES IS A GREAT WAY TO ENJOY AMAZING SUMMER FLAVORS ANYTIME. ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE LONG AND COLD WINTER DAYS. AMONGS THEM ; THE YELLOW GARDEN PEACH TOMATOES ONE OF MY MANY FAVORITES.
CAN HARDLY WAIT TO EAT ONE, WHO KNOWS, PERHAPS YOU'LL BE HERE WHEN I DO. AFTER ALL ITS ALL ABOUT SHARING.!!!!!!!!!!

COOKING A CULTURE FOR SHARING

IS AN IDEA THAT VERY FEW BELIEVES IN ANYMORE ,ITS A FANTASY, DIFFERENT CULTURES,SOUNDS SHAPES AND COLORS CLASH ON THE SAME TRAIN OF THOUGHTS; AGREEING, OPPOSING, LAUGHING AND APPRECIATING ONE  ANOTHER'S COMPANY. BEAUTIFUL, AND I AM TAKING PART , I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, MY PEERS ALL THAT IS ME AND AT UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO ME, I AM ONE OF YOU, THE BELIEVERS. THIS SHAREABLE CULTURE IS THE ELEMENT, THE MISSING VARIABLE TO UNLOCKING THE TRUE PURPOSE OF HUMANITY,IT IS A GESTURE OF GOOD FAITH.
WITH COOKSUNITED, CHEFS, MUSICIANS, BOH(S) FOH(S) ARTISTS THE FASHIONABLE PEOPLE, KNIFE MAKERS, FARMERS,AND ANYBODY ESE WHO HAS EVER BEEN INTERESTED IN SHARING A PIECE OF THE PIE CAN ALL GATHER ON ONE TABLE AND ENJOY ONE AN OTHER'S PRESENCE. WE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE OF THE SAME IF WE TRIED, ALL OUR DAILY EFFORTS PUT TOGETHER AND BECOMING ONE ESSENTIAL  PRODUCT IS WHAT I AM STRIVING FOR .
THIS ENERGY THAT IS WITHIN US WILL NEVER CEASE TO EXIST, BUT AT TIMES IT MAY TEMPORARILY BE SUPPRESSED.
BORN OF THE FIRE AND BLOOD WE ARE BUT ONE, CONTAINED BY LIFE AND CARRIED OUT LIKE A PARCEL IN A WHITE BOX OF MEMORIES DESTINED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION  AND TIME.

hope

WOULD YOU AGREE, WE ARE LIMITLESS, PEOPLE; OUR MINDS, OUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION IS QUIET UNSTOPPABLE. THE SECRET IS THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE VISUALIZE. THEN IMAGINE WAKING UP AND BEING EXCITED TO GO TO WORK. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, SIMPLE YET NOT ACHIEVED BY MANY.
IT IS TRUE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HATE THEIR JOBS, IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF MONEY OR HOW PHYSICAL  THE JOB IS OR WHO THEY WORK WITH. ITS ABOUT THE JOY , PRIDE ONE GAINS FORM HIS CRAFT. IF ITS TRUE THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING IN THE RIGHT STATE OF MIND, THEN WHY IS IT SO HARD TO CHANGE  FROM HATING TO LOVE OR JUST LIKING WHAT WE DO.? IT IS THAT FEELING "HATRED", YOU NO LONGER CARE, THEN ITS NO MORE OF A PRIORITY, DOES NOT  MATTER ANYMORE. THESE ARE THE FEELINGS STOPPING US TO TURN EVERYTHING AROUND. INSTEAD THESE FEELINGS ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY BE MISERABLE BUT ALSO MAKE OTHERS MISERABLE. SO WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE ARE FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO AND ONE OF THEM IS TO JUST MOVE ON, HOWEVER IF YOU ARE NOT A QUITTER, THEN HERE ARE  A FEW STEPS THAT WILL BE  MOST HELPFUL.

1. THERE ARE TWO CO-EXISTENT SIDES OF THE COIN. that means can't have the good without the bad.
2. BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF
3. MAKE A LIST TO WEIGH OUT GOOD VS BAD. and by all means finding a way to turn most of the bad into good
4. THE GRASS WILL ALWAYS BE GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE. it is human nature to be ambitious, aways wanting something better or more. you cant have it all.
5. WORK WITH OTHERS. use you co-workers to common grounds both positive and negative to make thins better and easier.
6. FIND AND ESCAPE. not literally, there must something to do where you can be creative. the point is to find a reason to be happy  again and if cooking is what you love to do there no you should be doing it unhappily. 
7. REMEMBER THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP.you are not alone if you are united.

THE BOND

THE BOND

THIS IS TO US,
THE FANTASTIC HOME COOKS , THE PROFESSIONALS AND THE PEOPLE WHO JUST PREFER GOING TO EAT OUT. WE ALL KNOW BY NOW THE HARDEST THING, IS TO DECIDE: WHAT TO COOK ,  SHOP FOR OR WHERE TO EAT.FOR US IN THE INDUSTRY, WE WLL TELL YOU THE COOKING IS QUIET EASY AND THOUGH STRESSFUL AT TIMES BUT ALSO CAN BE VERY PEACEFUL AND CALMING, ESPECIALLY FOR ME. ITS VERY MUCH LIKE PAINTING, AN ARTIST WILL LOOK UPON A BLANK CANVIS AND SEE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES. ITS THE SAME  FEELING I GET WHEN THAT PAN HITS THE STOVE TOP. THE SOUND IS A LOT CLEARER THEN, MY VISION SHARPER AND EVERYTHING AROUND ME  ARE STILL AND EVEN AS TIME AND SPACE. THE TRUTH IS NOT ALL OF SHARE THESE SAME FEELINGS WHEN COOKING, A LOT OF ARE SCARED , SOME THINK TOO MUCH OF IT AND END UP INSIDE THE BOX INSTEAD OF BEING FREE , SOME OF US JUST FEEL TRAP: TRAPPED IN THE OWN HEADS UNABLE TO UNLEASH. BUT I CAN ASURE YOU MY FRIENDS, THIS CAN BE FIXED, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE THAT WAY, AT LEAST NOT EVERY TIME. IF COOKING IS YOUR PASSION, YOUR LOVE AND LIFE, THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SCARED ,TRAPPED OR NOT BEING ABLE TO UNLEASH THAT PASSION , THAT LOVE  FOR OTHERS, AFTER ALL THIS IS WHY WE DO THIS, THEY ARE  THE REASON WE EXIST, THE REASON WE COOK AND PREP FOR HOURS ON NONSTOP , THE REASON WHY WE CONSTANTLY JUMP OFF THE EDGE. THE EXCITEMENT OF SEEING THE SMILLE AND WOES OF OUR FEELOW FRIENDS AND COMPLETE STRANGER BECOMING  FANS. THRILLING!! ISN'T IT , I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BETTER THAN, AN IDEA THAT COME TO LIFE AND TRANSLATE INTO SMILE AND AWES.  THAT IS WHAT TRULLY MAKES ME HAPPY. AND I KNOW FOR A FACT I'M NOT ALONE ON THIS ONE, YOU FEEL IT TOO, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE UNITED, THAT IS WHY COOKS UNITED IS MY GET AWAY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE. CAUSE I KNOW YOU,LIKE ME ARE NOT ALONE. WE CAN SHARE THIS MOMENT AND FEELING TOGETHER, WHETHER WE ARE IN THE SAME FACILITY OR ALL THE ACROSS THE WORLD.  SO NEXT TIME YOU FEEL TRAPPED, SCARED AND SHIT IS ABOOUT TO HIT THE FAN FIRST REMEMBER TO BREATH. STOP FOR A FEW SECOND AND BREATH CLEAN AND REORGANIZE YOU STATION AND GET BACK AT IT, BECAUSE YOU LIKE ME ARE NOT ALONE. WE ARE COOKS UNITED.