You CAN go home again. But it won't be the same. And neither will you be!

Just moved back to my hometown in North Central Ohio.  It is wonderful being back.  Thomas Wolfe said "you can't go home again", but one of my very favorite authors,  Gene Logsdon said you can.  It's only been a couple of months, but so far it has been a voyage of discovery as there are many new businesses started and many old ones that no longer exist.  In particular, finding a place to eat out has been an adventure.

Last night, for my birthday celebration, my spouse and I visited a well-loved (and fairly expensive!) local restaurant.  In general, the service was excellent and the food was too.  However, for my meal, the sauce was "broken", meaning the solids had separated from the fat.  I asked the server if this was the way it was supposed to be.  She indicated that this was typical in the summer, but in the winter, it would be fine.  I persisted, and told her that the chef needed to research food science about curdled or broken sauces.
She went to ask the chef, and the reply came back that nothing could be done about it.

I know for a fact that yes, a broken sauce can be fixed.  Here are three links that explain how to do just that.

https://www.thekitchn.com/quick-tiphow-to-fix-a-broken-s-46403
https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/how-to-save-a-broken-sauce/
https://food52.com/blog/14876-kitchen-rescue-how-to-fix-a-broken-or-curdled-sauce

And I have recently made mayonnaise from scratch at home, using olive oil and egg, so I know about this from first-hand experience!

Makes me wonder if it is a new chef in an old and venerable restaurant,, or an old chef who no longer cares about the food that comes out of the kitchen.