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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

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Laura was a General Manager in the Bay City and Midland area for more than 8 years and moved to the Detroit area in 2006 to become the Director of Training for TSFR’s Burger King restaurants. “We know that seismic changes continue to take place within the food and media industries. Who is a James Beard Award winner?

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MRM People & Places: Maki Madness and Pancakes for Life

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. “VISIT PHILADELPHIA and the James Beard Foundation are thrilled for our unique partnership that brings the culinary and tourism industries together to make it easy for travelers to support delicious, diverse, and sustainable food,” said Jeff Guaracino, president and CEO, VISIT PHILADELPHIA. As the first sushi chain in the U.S.

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The Lost Soybeans of Okinawa

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A village in eastern Turkey grows Kavilca wheat, a variety related to the wild grasses first domesticated by Neolithic farmers, but is now endangered; in Germany a group of farmers is bringing back the alb lentil, a plant that, when it grew wild in the Swabian Alps, helped to sustain and grow that Alpine community.