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Modern Twist on a Childhood Favorite (Podcast)

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The journey from franchisee to franchisor is the focus of this episode of The Main Course as host Barbara Castiglia speaks with brothers Neal and Nimesh Dahya, who purchased Fosters Freeze in 2015. The update was both front of house and back of the house. Now, they focus on growing it.

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

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In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a lot of tech news, a celebrity-owned virtual dining concept, and the annual Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp. TouchBistro acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry.

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The Leftovers

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Too Good To Go, which launched in 2015 in the U.K. Lille Allen/Eater. Can an app promising discount, end-of-day goods make a dent in America’s food waste problem? When I was 12 years old, I had a brief and desultory career as a babysitter. Surprise snacks are one of life’s little delights — and little motivators.

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Sun, Sand, and Spaghetti

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A 2017 article in Remezcla reports that the Dominican tradition of empaguetadas now mostly survives at house parties and other indoor gatherings. A 2017 article in Remezcla reports that the Dominican tradition of empaguetadas now mostly survives at house parties and other indoor gatherings. We’re at Welch, doing an empaguetada!”

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NLRB Joint Employer Final Rule and America’s Classics

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The final rule restores the joint-employer standard that the Board applied for several decades prior to the 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris, but with the greater precision, clarity, and detail that rulemaking allows. NLRB Issues Joint-Employer Ruling. As a result, the final rule provides clear guidance in this significant area of the law.

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Snuggling My Christmas Dinner

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Not far from the house sat a small stone structure with no proper roof and low walls that had been empty for as long as I could remember. Tilda Rose One Christmas, on a windswept Greek peninsula, my grandparents bought me a fuzzy pink piglet. For years we didn’t own a car, so the only option was the sea. I’d never really had a pet before.

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The COVID Gardening Renaissance Depends on Seeds — if You Can Find Them

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Annastasia Mullen has been expanding her home garden in Des Moines, Iowa, since 2015. Shutterstock. Demand for seeds is up this year, and many hope this is the sign of a longer-term shift toward people growing their own food This story was originally published on Civil Eats. Then, many first-time gardeners planted out of panic.