Culinary Cues

MARCH 31, 2025

In a kitchen, cooks and chefs understand that they may be interchangeable, but the role of the dishwasher is so important that in their absence the operation falls apart. [] Know your stakes in the ground and dont sacrifice them. No one is above another persons job. What do you believe in? How important are these beliefs? Make more music.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2024

This begins with understanding how essential this is to the person and operation that defines the lines of excellence. If you are working in a burger operation, the goal must be to view everything about that menu item as a vehicle toward excellence. Once you adopt a philosophy of excellence, it will become your signature.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

If you visit the Union Oyster House in Boston (still in operation today) you can belly up to the original oyster bar where some of America’s most prominent early settlers and political leaders enjoyed a pint and a dozen bivalves. The Tun Tavern in Philadelphia is the supposed site where The Free Masons and The U.S.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I have always made sure that these smells are part of the grand design of how a kitchen must operate. The smells of the kitchen are individually unique, yet somehow blend to make sense. I think, even if these items weren’t on a menu, I would find a way to bring them into the fold. These are my memories of cooking for the soul.

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The Rail

JANUARY 21, 2025

This leads to huge financial losses, operational inefficiencies, and environmental harm. This is where artificial intelligence (AI) comes in, providing game-changing technology that restaurants can use to streamline operations, minimize waste, and boost profits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 12, 2024

Restaurants are integrating AI in many facets of their operations to gain a competitive advantage. While there are a host of compelling use cases for AI in the restaurant industry, many restaurant operators today are leveraging AI to transform back-of-house operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This is a great time to up your game in social media, blogs, and media placements on trending news topics. As we wind down the year, the media is still operating at the same fast speed. This is also a great time to guest blog and contribute on social media often. Be sure you can be found. Media Is Looking for Content.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 14, 2025

Giving this salad a stage presence through great storytelling can engage a guest and push the item to celebrity status and a calling card for your operation. Ah, but the story goes further when other restaurants like Delmonicos and a handful of destination operations from New Orleans to New York City interjected showmanship.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2022

ESOMAR-certified market intelligence and research firm, Future Market Insights , states that technological advancements in robotics has led the food manufacturers to reconsider their orthodox human-based manufacturing operations and switch to robotics. As per the plan, the vehicles in both services are actively monitored by human operators.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Well, at least operators should be able to rely on alcoholic beverage sales to make up the difference but waitthere is a trend among the 21-35 demographic to live alcohol free and the movement is gaining traction. Whats going on, how do restaurants overcome this problem? Where theres a will there is a way.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2020

Influencers typically carve out a specific niche that they operate within, so be careful when aligning their brand with yours as you may find some of their qualities are transferred across when they promote your restaurant. This blog has done a great job of teaching you how to spot fake followers to avoid getting scammed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 5, 2022

Various existing and new companies are adopting this trend to reduce operational expenses and risks. In this blog, we will discuss the various facets being utilized to enhance the entire operation of the ghost kitchen efficiently. Each virtual concept was based on a specific Dog Haus specialty, and each had its own menu.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Blog about food to boost your restaurant’s online visibility Don’t waste your website’s potential by just posting your menu or event updates. Create a food blog to improve your restaurant's online presence. Blogging is an effective way to market your restaurant.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a restaurant centric operation, it is the management team, including marketing, who determines the expressed needs of the market, what specific dishes would draw the most guest support, and how to manage all to ensure maximization of profit. Emotional connections are a significant driver in these operations. This menu is who I am.”

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Hiring Training Pricing Leadership 447

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2021

We’ve also included tips on how to keep them involved in your operational processes to improve their experience and keep them coming back for more. If your restaurant has a blog, consider adding author bios to your blog posts. Here are a few reasons why you should consider your customers to be part of your team.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2024

There is a direct correlation. [] WHAT YOU EXPECT AND MEASURE IS WHAT YOU GET Define what excellence means in your operation, show it, teach it, train to it, insist on it, measure it, and reward it. Make these operations your benchmark and measure your progress. [] CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE You can’t be everywhere, all the time.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

Whatever your end goal might be: Executive Chef in a fine dining operation, Corporate Chef, Sous Chef, Restaurant Manager, Entrepreneur, Research Chef, or Consultant – where ever you hope to land in the future – put that goal in writing. EVERY POSITION IN THE FOOD BUSINESS WILL HELP WITH YOUR CAREER – IF YOU BUILD IT INTO YOUR PLAN.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

It is the team behind the chef that makes a successful restaurant; it is the team that executes the chef’s vision; and it is the team’s focus that allows the chef’s cost consciousness to result in a financially successful operation. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. BUILD A TEAM – KEEP A TEAM. People respond well to excellence.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 29, 2020

To all chefs and operators – know that it is important to promote and support the environment where differences are celebrated and the unifying factor remains: can you do the job, are you willing to do the job, are you willing to learn how to improve, and will you strive for excellence in executing that job. Restaurant Consulting.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The menu comes first and should reflect the philosophy of the owners and chef and how the operators expect to be perceived by the public. Building a neighborhood restaurant where support for the operation is considered a responsibility of residents becomes a reality when that operation truly connects. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 7, 2021

This is defined in articles from local newspapers to the New York Times, from industry magazines and websites to social media, and from industry blogs to podcasts by the dozens – everyone states the problem, points a finger, and portrays the issue as someone else’s doing. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 15, 2023

In small private entrepreneurships it is common for owner/operators to not take a steady salary so they might meet payroll or pay a vendor for recent deliveries. This misconception about restaurants and profit reaches beyond the guest, the media, and town or city leadership. Restaurant week is just one example. We would love that.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 23, 2024

Those operations that resemble the caldrons of hell filled with arrogance, bullying, unprofessional behavior, and a lack of respect for people, product, and process is the same as categorizing musicians, athletes, business leaders, and politicians under a unified profile. Am I wagging a finger at those operations that perpetuate the negative?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2021

Menus are shifting quickly to digital screens, promising operational efficiency and a consistent brand experience from dine-in to drive-thru. Unable to invite guests indoors, operators hurried to install workarounds such as menu enlargements in shop windows, or standup basic e-commerce online. Operational Capacity.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 15, 2021

Sure, I know how much the restaurant/foodservice industry is suffering and how many operations are shutting their doors as a result of avoiding decades of challenges brought to a head by the pandemic, but believe me when I say that this will change. Restaurants are businesses that operate on profit measured in pennies. LACK OF REALISM.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes the difference is the shear scale of the operation. Some restaurants can operate efficiently with a staff of 10 or less, while others might require more than 50. An operation with one restaurant outlet is far different than one with several. The answer is emphatically – no. Going above and beyond is the norm.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 22, 2020

There are times, possibly many times, when you question your own skill – whether in cooking or presenting food, or even with the operation of a kitchen. I consider myself an acceptable chef from the perspective of cooking, respectable at food presentation, and better than average at running a kitchen operation.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 12, 2021

To owners and operators, the cook for all ages must be both. Every chef, and for that matter every professional cook hoping to one day become a chef, MUST understand the business component of operating a restaurant. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. First, allow me to address the dichotomy of the artist/accountant.

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Restaurant Law Education Definition Social Media 465

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 3, 2020

Passion is not blind forever. [] THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS IS EVEN HARDER THAN WE THOUGHT: The pandemic has demonstrated to owners/operators just how very fragile their business is. This is a challenging combination for restaurant operators to compete with. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This may seem like a strange topic for a blog focused on the restaurant industry and the world of food but hear me out. People became accustomed to the change in operation and found, in many cases, that they were able to better manage the dilemma of work/life balance. “I So why not? Food for thought.

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Wasserstrom

JANUARY 10, 2025

In this article, we explore potential causes of the tension between the FOH and BOH and offer a solution that will help improve operational efficiency, guest satisfaction, and employee camaraderie: cross-training. appeared first on The Official Wasserstrom Blog.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

What changes might occur in your operation if everyone was required to sign their work and take public responsibility for it? Why not highlight them on your social media pages or in your restaurant blog. What if each line cook, prep cook, baker, dishwasher, server, and bartender were required to do the same as any student in school?

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 10, 2023

To those operators who do things right, who care for their employees, who seek their input and value it, and who work hard to pay a fair wage, show empathy, and understand that the happy employee is the key to success – these perceptions and beliefs are a real dis-service. A few voices grow past perception and evolve into a belief.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 3, 2021

These small restaurant operators opened and closed their doors at an alarming rate simply because they couldn’t afford the space. www.harvestamericacues.com – BLOG. Any reasonable person would look at these situations, scratch his or her head and wonder what in the world was everyone thinking. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 31, 2024

When properly developed and integrated into your operation, the mission statement will impact who you hire, how you train, the products you develop and sell, the way you lead and manage, how employees interact, the way that guests are approached, and how the world perceives you (the business) to be. The mission statement is THAT IMPORTANT!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 4, 2021

To ensure a restaurant’s GMB page is performing well, the page should be kept up to date and include current business address, hours of operation, services (dine-in, carry-out, delivery, etc.), phone number, website URL, type of payments accepted, menu items, and photos of the establishment.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 9, 2024

There is a deeper price to pay when looming issues like the labor shortage, rising costs of operation, an eroding passion for careers in the kitchen, and diminishing profits haunt our everyday operations. Is our profession becoming a victim of circumstances? So, their expectations remain high, and their patience is low.

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