Most of us have eaten in a wide variety of restaurants, but have you ever worked in one? Call me biased, but I think that working in a restaurant is a valuable experience for all people. Here are a few of the many ways restaurant work can enrich your life: 1) Widen your world by…
Author: Molly
Observations on life and what not from a writer and restauranteur in Lawrence, Kansas. www.molly-krause.com
Behind the Scenes at the Cookbook Photo Shoot
Taking the photographs for our cookbook was an amazing, exhausting, and new experience for me and Robert. The team of professionals we worked with make us really excited to see the finished product! I love the above photo because it shows much of what goes on around what is actually being photographed. The chair being…
Make Your Food Taste Better (No Cooking Required)
Sure you could take a cooking class, watch a cooking show, or even just practice. But why not improve the taste of the food you already eat – no cooking required. Here are some tips to get the most out of any meal. 1) Put your food on a plate. You may go through the…
Food is People
Our friends and business partners prepared a wonderful meal for us as a gift for Robert’s birthday. It was a carefully planned and beautifully executed meal that was served to us in our own home – an experience that we have not had before. It was absolutely lovely. They themselves cook and serve people food…
Progress at Esquina
Robert choosing a matching color for our vintage front door.
Entertaining Tips – Drinks
We have had thousands of guests come to our home for dinner over the years. Granted, they paid before leaving (well, most of them) so it is not exactly the same as having friends over for a gathering in your home. Nevertheless, I’ve learned some tricks to help any event go smoother. The first installment…
Small Victories
We have a new family that has moved onto our block of Delaware Street in East Lawrence. So, in the interest of being neighborly I decided to bake something for them. I mean, I do have more time now and these are just the kinds of things that I struggled to do when working at…
Restaurant Planning
We are opening a new restaurant soon – early March hopefully – called Esquina (corner in Spanish). It is located on a prime corner in charming downtown Lawrence, Kansas. The space is currently being build out, converting it from a drugstore to a hip and energetic Latin American restaurant and bar. Large windows were just…
What’s For Dinner?
After years of preparing six course meals for our guests, with exceedingly high expectations, we are now left to feed no one except ourselves and our children. Robert and I look at each other, as if we have no limbs, much less any experience in preparing a meal, and ask with almost desperation,”what are we…
The final days of Krause Dining, our home-based restaurant.
Closing a highly esteemed restaurant is a bit like a public breakup. It’s one thing to shut your doors after mediocre reviews, trickling reservations, or a food poisoning scare; it’s quite another to tell your appreciative public that it’s just not working for you anymore – “It’s not you… really it’s me that’s changed.” But…
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