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The Great Birria Boom

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How two Mexican-American birrieros made the beloved dish a sensation in America In 2005, two Mexican-American teenagers from LA met at the fair in Coatzingo, Puebla, during Semana Santa, or Holy Week, a time when countless Mexican-American families head back to their family’s hometowns all over Mexico to visit relatives.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

While you must follow the strict guidelines to ensure the safety of your staff and customers, that’s not to say you can’t take advantage of an empty restaurant to improve your knowledge of restaurant management, running a business, and creating a recipe for success when you eventually get back to business as usual. Published: 2009 ??

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The Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle Is Priceless

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It took industrial designer Kenji Ekuan three years of development and 100 prototypes before he unveiled the final version, which premiered in 1961 — though the roots of the Kikkoman brand stretch back several centuries. The Kikkoman soy sauce bottle in its many iterations. Photos by Nippon & Co, lottaocean , modemedia , and irokk.

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A Fool’s Choice

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Throughout, she relates her own narrative and relationship to food to those of her mother and grandmothers. Throughout, she relates her own narrative and relationship to food to those of her mother and grandmothers. Lisa Donovan | Photo courtesy of Lisa Donovan. With Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger , Donovan is doing just that.

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MRM People & Places: Game On at Walk-On’s and Gingerbread Houses for Humanity

Modern Restaurant Management

Baton Rouge’s very own Walk-On’s , is looking for more ways to give back. “This is what it’s all about – being able to give back to the communities that have supported us,” shared co-owner and NFL superstar Drew Brees. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

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On the morning of February 7, 2020, office employees at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture filed one by one into meetings with management. When leadership began presenting these ideas to staff in 2019, a number of Stone Barns employees vocally disagreed with the new direction. Some came out crying.

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At Indian American Weddings, More Is More

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A handful of Moghul’s employees had flown down to the state’s Great Smoky Mountains three days before the wedding, and brought in local labor to build tents, a water supply, and electricity atop a cliff. Moghul, though, is well prepared for this unique undertaking.

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