
Hot Plate: Sandwich Art
08/14/23 • 12 min
In this Hot Plate short take, Ben and Justin explore the art of sandwiches...
"Imagine the perfect sandwich.
Do you see the beauty?
The delicious combination of flavors? Perfect.
Now imagine the perfect You. Do you see the beauty?
The delicious combination of flavors?
Or Do you only see the imperfections? The flaws? The mistakes?
Sometimes we all get trapped in prisons Of our own self-loathing.
But how do we get out? How do we break free?
When the world tells us we’re nothing,
How do we remember that we’re more Than just the sum of our parts?
Why is it so hard to believe
That we are nothing less than Perfect, Just as we are?
Try again."
– Mikael Burke
Family Meal is a podcast about the hospitality industry by two industry vets, Ben and Justin. Between the two of them, they have well over 40 combined years of experience in just about every position available in a restaurant. They are also pretty funny.
In this Hot Plate short take, Ben and Justin explore the art of sandwiches...
"Imagine the perfect sandwich.
Do you see the beauty?
The delicious combination of flavors? Perfect.
Now imagine the perfect You. Do you see the beauty?
The delicious combination of flavors?
Or Do you only see the imperfections? The flaws? The mistakes?
Sometimes we all get trapped in prisons Of our own self-loathing.
But how do we get out? How do we break free?
When the world tells us we’re nothing,
How do we remember that we’re more Than just the sum of our parts?
Why is it so hard to believe
That we are nothing less than Perfect, Just as we are?
Try again."
– Mikael Burke
Family Meal is a podcast about the hospitality industry by two industry vets, Ben and Justin. Between the two of them, they have well over 40 combined years of experience in just about every position available in a restaurant. They are also pretty funny.
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Family Meal is a podcast about the hospitality industry by two industry vets, Ben and Justin. Between the two of them, they have well over 40 combined years of experience in just about every position available in a restaurant. They are also pretty funny.
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