Category: Food
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#cookielife – how I convinced 200+ people to send me cookies and raised over $400,000 for charity
The ad-hoc #cookielife, something that spawned out of friendly banter over on Facebook, resulted in over 200 people sending me cookies via the mail and also spawned my charity food offs, which raised over $50,000 for charity in 2017, then over $100,000 in 2018, and then finally, over $200,000 from the last ever Cookie Off.…
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A “networking” case study: make friends, not connections
I’m not a fan of quotes, but this one from Steve Jobs is the truth: You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. Let’s take a break from theory and conjecture – I want to…
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A recipe on how to make your own giant Ferrero Rocher
I’m a collector of oddball hobbies. One of them is making giant chocolate bars. Twix, kit kat, peanut butter cup, and more, it’s been a pleasure making and sharing these monstrosities with my friends. My latest creation? A giant Ferrero Rocher. And if you’ve ever wanted to make one, I’m going to show you how.…
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How 1000+ sausages made for great networking (and raised $10,000)
On June 25, 150 people convened in Toronto. Ostensibly there to contribute to charity and make a dent in the 1000+ sausages awaiting them, what unfolded was, to quote: “the most relaxing networking I have ever experienced.” Going into the Sausage Showdown, most people had no idea what to expect. Going out, most people had…