http://www.justinmarx.com Adventures in running a web-based food business Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:22:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.justinmarx.com/want-to-get-fowl-seattle/ A post by Ryan, our fabulously creative and versatile design director ———– Before joining Marx Foods I worked for one of Washington State’s largest privately owned companies. One of those places that is run by a strict set of rules and guidelines, where your job is set in stone, and there are no variations allowed. ... ]]> http://www.justinmarx.com/fancy-food-show-a-marx-foods-perk/ http://www.justinmarx.com/i-grew-up-in-a-slaughterhouse/ In the last few years, we have developed about 700 recipes, like this. Up until recently, we held the photoshoots at my house. My lucky neighbors would come over in the afternoon and help us make sure that no food went to waste. When we moved into an office with a kitchen, photoshoots moved there ... ]]> http://www.justinmarx.com/eaters-of-honor/ http://www.justinmarx.com/a-disassembly-factory/ http://www.justinmarx.com/the-irony-of-veal-stigmas-milk-production/ DB Infusion Chocolates is a Marx Foods customer who were gracious enough to send us a 27-piece box of their chocolates to try.  It came in on Tuesday morning and since the holiday season has us all working so hard I invited the entire team to take a break and taste some chocolates.  We cut ... ]]> http://www.justinmarx.com/db-infusion-chocolates-review/ This dog has no inhibitions!  Always a source of laughter for us around the office, he keeps outdoing himself. Wow, I can’t wait until he gets up from his nap so I can show him what he’s done … AGAIN … This time on the Scanner! I know that dogs like to sniff your cute ... ]]> http://www.justinmarx.com/nyoki-got-drunk-again-at-the-holiday-party/ Guests in my office often ask me: Why do you have the far back corner of your office draped off in sheets? Any guesses? It’s a breast pumping station!  Katy recently came back from maternity leave and needs to pump.  The choice was to either carve out a little private space for Katy or let ... ]]> http://www.justinmarx.com/our-office-fort/ http://www.justinmarx.com/free-samples-for-bloggers/