You Are What You Order

Pinsel, Melvin & Dienhart, Ligita (1984) Power Lunching : How You Can Profit From More Effective Business Lunch Strategy New York: McGraw-Hill Contemporary.  


A definitive handbook for the "young urban professional" or the "young upwardly mobile professional".


The following are considered to be "Power" drinks:

~ Scotch
~ Bourbon
~ Gin Martini
~ Vodka Martini
~ Bloody Mary
~ Manhattan
~ Any Whisky served neat or with a simple mixer
~ Club Soda
~ Espresso
~ Tea


The following are considered to be "Wimp" drinks:

~ Whisky Sour
~ Daiquiri
~ Mai Thai
~ Long Island Iced Tea
~ Perrier
~ Coke
~ Tab
~ 7-Up
~ Anything with an umbrella.


Examples of food considered to be "power" foods:

Fresh asparagus; black bean soup; broccoli; Brussel sprouts; cabbage; calamari; calves liver; soft shell crab; lamb curry; lobster; wild mushrooms; mussels; osso bucco; pork loin; baked potatoe; Caesar salad; sashimi; sushi; Dover sole; steak tartar.


Examples of food considered to be "wimp" foods:

Avocado; blueberry muffin; mozarella; eggs benedict; fillet steak; fish & chips; lasagne; omlette; pasta with sauce; pineapple; pork chop; mashed potatoe; scrimp cocktail; spare ribs; salad nicoise; salmon en croute; smorgasboard; waffles; watercress; welsh rarebit; white bread.