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THE KITCHEN MAGIC OF CHEF PHIL LEARNED

Culinary Cues

The menu changed every night within a cycle with a full array of appetizer, salad, entrée and dessert choices for an audience that was likely staying at the hotel for a week or more at a time (many of the patrons were second or third generation Balsam’s guests) since a stay at the “Notch” was a family right of passage.

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Raw and Ready: Growing a Healthy Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2005, I stopped doing that and started working on building a private equity fund focused on emerging brands in the European fashion design industry. The quality and availability are really high – but it is seasonal. Flemming Madsen. I had no experience in the restaurant business prior to coming to South Florida.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

That’s why our teams—who specifically work to improve restaurant operations, performance, and staff happiness—have curated a 7-course menu of the best books about understanding restaurant management. So pull up a chair and take a deep dive into some of the most insightful and actionable tips from the best in the business. Author: Allen B.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

By actively engaging with bartenders and enhancing their knowledge of the brand and the no/low category, suppliers can ensure that these non-alcoholic and low-alcohol brands remain top of mind, especially when making influential decisions in crafting seasonal drinks menus. The standard tasting menu costs $525 per person.

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How Rotel Became an Essential Part of Any Queso

EATER

By the 1920s, this type of chile con queso was a common menu item in Texas restaurants and home kitchens. Not having to dice peppers was appealing, and an inexpensive canned good that could add so much seasoning to household staples was appreciated. However, according to food writer Robert F.

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Noma Named ‘World’s Best Restaurant’ — Again

EATER

Noma, the acclaimed tasting menu restaurant helmed by chef René Redzepi in Copenhagen, landed at No. 1 restaurant in 2021 is not one of the eight tasting menu spots below that have taken turns in the highest spot over the past 18 lists. A sea snail dish on the seafood menu from Noma. 1 winners ineligible. Except it kind of is.

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A Pitch-Perfect Peaches and Cream Semifreddo Recipe From ‘Dolci!’

EATER

Miyazaki/Knopf Just in time for peach season, it’s a beautiful meeting of Italian and American cooking Back in 2017, Renato Poliafito had just left Baked, the beloved Brooklyn bakery he co-founded in 2005. A lot of its menu is influenced by Italy; “I thought, maybe one day the cafe will beget a cookbook,” Poliafito recalls.

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