Spoil Me “Have another cream puff, baby.”
Most of us know what we like and what we don’t. I know what I like to read and most ardently, what I don’t. There are blogs that I read faithfully and without fail, mostly because they nourish me intellectually. They feed my eyes and fill me up. Thoughts and ideas bounce off each word. That’s when I know I’m into a really good read. Words that have lovingly been kneaded, like a soft, warm dough. When it feels just right, when it’s warm from all our rolling and punching (ever so tenderly of course), only then do we let it rise - and publish. Their words, “Spoil Me”, They make me feel good and I hunger to read more.
Karen Resta "Postcards from the dinner table" wrote, “Fact is, we live in a Viagra-soaked society where dulled appetites are prodded at by daily food porn and prescribed pharmaceuticals. There’s a hunger for even a sense of hunger, and a sense of pride when it is found. “You made me hungry,” they cry with joy. “Have another cream puff, baby.”
Karen’s background as an Executive Chef in a high profile NYC private fine dining environment, followed by a move into the field of management as VP of Operations of all food services at Goldman Sachs, has built a sturdy platform of knowledge and personal experience which she now brings to writing about food, art, and culture. Published clips include online food websites and a national newspaper.
One has to be a really good writer to write this way. This is no rookie. Karen’s a heavyweight. What we all secretly pine for is to be spoiled with a reward (our cream puff)! When we venture to spend our coin, we want to enjoy it. We want to relish and bask in the spectacular delight of it all, and possibly get more than we bargained for. Can’t get more personal or emotional than that. Well maybe a little!
Let’s flip it: Have you spoiled anyone lately? With possibly an unexpected smile, a squeeze, a hug to those we live and work with, or better still, with guests who are total strangers? Does it count as a “bonified spoil” by simply giving of our “time”? That one is really cheeky. True, the genre of our blog is customer satisfaction and I’m not swaying from my focus, just taking a more scenic route around the bend, making it more of a philosophical symposium. Karen, has me pondering about our dulled appetites and a "hunger for even a sense of hunger". When you think about it, it’s true. That’s exactly what drives us; a “hunger”. But we all know we’re not really talking about food. Or are we? Then, she nail’s it with, “...and a sense of pride when it is found.” Ah, Pride. Another reward!
When you spoil someone, they often remark, “I love it when you spoil me.” Maybe we should all consider doing it more often, since it feels soooooooo good. Is it time to yank ourselves up by the bootstraps and examine our hunger, by examining what we hunger for? Is it to please someone else’s hunger? Do we do it so we can feel appreciated? For acknowledgement, pride, satisfaction, or is it just about the money, or it looks good? Do we want something in return for it?
Why am I asking you to do this? Because this little “mind exercise” may result in personal enlightenment that unselfishly, may also result in providing betterment in our daily lives and work! It may sound kind of weird, but re-examining our “hunger” and whom we spoil, can be a wonderful journey.
Who have you spoiled lately and how? Write me, I’ve put a fresh briki of Greek coffee on, and I’m waiting for my cream puff comments.
Come on! Don’t dawdle, I’m hungry!
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