[Sca-cooks] Central Market update

[Heleen Greenwald]

Papa G,
I will keep my fingers crossed for you! It sounds like a great place,
certainly a place I'd like to shop.
And you are right, sometimes having a job you love out weighs monetary
concerns.
Phillip

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> Central Market is one of those places where a foodie goes and gets
> tingly all over. It's based on the European markets where every aspect
> of the product is required to be of the highest quality and customer
> satisfaction is required. Some examples: I bought some monkfish there
> a while back. I'm used to buying monkfish, taking it home and
> prepping it. But at this place the man behind the counter is a true
> trained fishmonger. He took my order and in front of me trimmed and
> cleaned it. Showed the proper way of removing membrane and made
> sure it was exactly the way I wanted it before wrapping it and placing
> the wrapped package in a bag of ice to take home.
>
> There are pots of herbs to buy at the front door.
>
> They sell over 50 varieties of fresh roasted coffee.
> They have a full fish market, meat market, on-site bakery, wine and beer
> department, a department dedicated to cheeses, tubs of every olive
> imagined, a sandwich grill, a gelato stand, a full kitchen producing take
> home
> foods,a rotisserie, a huge flower shop, a produce department bigger than
> some stores,
> and a lot of smiles.
>
> It's expensive but worth the trip.
>
> I left the meeting at 11:00 this morning and, at 4:30 today, I got a call
to
> meet
> with the manager of the deli and cheese department tomorrow. I guess they
> liked my charm. Or maybe they just appreciated the fact that when the GM
> asked
> us what our dream job would be I answered, "International Hotel and
> Restaurant
> critic for Gourmet Magazine".
>
> The deli doesn't sound too exciting except this area is the cheese shop
> where
> there are huge wheels of branded parmesiano reggiano and there is a large
> cheese
> cave where wheels of a hundred different cheeses are stored.
>
> The deli case has things like parma ham, black truffles, caviars, a full
> charcuterie,
> etc...
>
> They also send their "foodies" to classes on their products and do
constant
> updates
> on the latest trends.
>
> I'm still trying to find a computer job but I realize that I positively
hate
> working on
> computers. I don't know what kind of wage I'd get if I got a job at CM but
> sometimes
> being happy in what you do is more important than having a lot of money.
>
> Besides, most of my wasted cash goes to food anyway.
>
> I'll keep y'all advised.
>
> Gunthar
>
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