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EYES WIDE OPEN, EYES WIDE SHUT

Culinary Cues

I’m sure it’s true in many industries, but let’s just focus on the business of restaurants. There is a culture of acceptance in the industry that is worn like a badge of honor. The industry expects that people will work unhealthy hours and accept schedules that constantly change.

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KITCHEN RESPECT

Culinary Cues

Changing how we view our concepts, menus, pricing structure, our staff, marketing, and the list goes on has never been more critical. Change, however, does not infer that we need to abandon the core principles of our profession and how we view the process of cooking for others.

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN RESTAURANT

Culinary Cues

Two income earners in most families left little time for cooking at home and restaurants offered a service as well as a reward for a hard-days work. But this became more difficult when restaurants serve a larger role in American life. What we do know is that people are social by nature. Cope they did, at least some of them.

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Restaurant Execs Optimistic About AI Impact

Modern Restaurant Management

More than half of respondents (54 percent) expressed optimism about the positive impact of AI in the restaurant industry, according to a survey from Slang.ai. Despite this optimism, less than one-third of operators currently utilize AI indicating untapped potential for technological integration within the industry. A promising 71.6

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CHEFS – FAILURE IS NOT INEVITABLE

Culinary Cues

There is no shortage of organizations established to support their segment of a far-reaching industry. I tend to try and separate cause and effect – knowing that nothing will truly change unless we identify cause and focus on that. When the Great Depression came to an end – restaurants and bars positioned themselves to thrive.

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AMERICAN RESTAURANTS – AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION

Culinary Cues

Prohibition and the Speakeasy: Prohibition from 1920-1933 made it illegal to produce, distribute, serve, or consume alcoholic beverages except as a sacrament in the church and for medicinal purposes prescribed by doctors. Speakeasies did oftentimes serve food, but it was not the centerpiece of their existence. That was about to evolve.

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Wage Inequity is Plaguing the Restaurant Industry. Here’s How Four Restaurants are Fighting It.

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The restaurant industry has a wage problem. It's one of the only industries where workers can legally be paid under the already low Federal minimum wage of $7.25 Because tipping is so deeply woven into the fabric of restaurant culture, it's hard to imagine the industry without it.