Comments on: Cupcake Creativity http://madisonian.net/2006/11/28/cupcake-creativity/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: KeVroN http://madisonian.net/2006/11/28/cupcake-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-104879 KeVroN Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:35:13 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=866#comment-104879 Interesting post. Frank you are correct about the inherent marketing and trust givving juggernaut that is the O. As total food lover/cook I totally agree about your French cook analogy. Recipes are for microwave cooking people, but technique is mastered. As any jazz musician will tell you, copying a solo lick is the most sincere form a flattery. I know many chefs that will tell you the same thing. I am sure their business partners don't agree, but F them, chefs are artists too. Interesting post. Frank you are correct about the inherent marketing and trust givving juggernaut that is the O. As total food lover/cook I totally agree about your French cook analogy. Recipes are for microwave cooking people, but technique is mastered. As any jazz musician will tell you, copying a solo lick is the most sincere form a flattery. I know many chefs that will tell you the same thing. I am sure their business partners don’t agree, but F them, chefs are artists too.

]]> By: Yvette Liebesman http://madisonian.net/2006/11/28/cupcake-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-104822 Yvette Liebesman Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:56:42 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=866#comment-104822 Oprah or not, CakeLove's cupcakes are to die for. . . Oprah or not, CakeLove’s cupcakes are to die for. . .

]]> By: Frank Pasquale http://madisonian.net/2006/11/28/cupcake-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-104763 Frank Pasquale Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:12:26 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=866#comment-104763 I think the key competitive strategy here, as in so many walks of life, is to get on Oprah. When I heard this little DC bistro got on Oprah: http://www.cakelove.com/ I had to go. I didn't care about cake quality, frosting frippery, or good complementary beverages. If it was on Oprah, it was good enough for me. Next up: reading Cupcake Brown!: http://www.cupcakebrown.com/index2.html I think the key competitive strategy here, as in so many walks of life, is to get on Oprah. When I heard this little DC bistro got on Oprah:

http://www.cakelove.com/

I had to go. I didn’t care about cake quality, frosting frippery, or good complementary beverages. If it was on Oprah, it was good enough for me.

Next up: reading Cupcake Brown!:
http://www.cupcakebrown.com/index2.html

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