Instinct Kitchen
Deanna Bender (Hicks)Instinct Kitchen is where I reveal the heart of how I did it—how I built a restaurant by making my own rules, and how that instinct-driven, grit-built approach carried me through the best, hardest, most defining years of my life.
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Saturday Night Dinner Service and Sprinkles of Fairy Dust.
Thursday and Friday had already fucked with my sleep.
I was back in restaurant mind. Two years of retirement and my brain was already operating in hyperdrive.
My quiet thoughts had overnight turned into nonstop equations, ruminations and...
Friday Night - Restaurant Pieces
I returned to the restaurant dressed for dinner service, a bit scared of what I was going to walk into.
The backdoor was unlocked and I walked towards the dining room. The second server was setting up tables and I told him not to put the...
Friday: It's not even dinner service yet and shit just got real.
I woke up knowing I had to change the menu before dinner service that evening.
Not the kind of thinking that had happened over my morning cup of coffee in a long time.
It’s amazing what one night of restless sleep can clarify.
One battle...
Cold Potatoes and Moldy Raspberries
I was sitting at my kitchen counter drinking my second cup of coffee, my normal morning routine. I felt a twinge of excitement facing the day and getting back into a working kitchen after my two-year retirement.
I think I’d missed that fee...
I Rarely Go Out To Dinner Anymore - Part 2
I honestly did not expect him to call.
Leaving my phone number after dinner felt impulsive, even for me. By the time my husband and I drove home that evening, I assumed that would be the end of it.
Restaurant owners hear opinions all day...
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Writing it all down from a small airfield in the PNW. The After Notes is about stewardship of self. Instinct Kitchen is about stewardship of work. Collisions do occur.
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