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Investing In Digital Technology Is Investing in Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

Today’s modern restaurant operators face challenges that no other generation has faced, thanks to COVID-19 closures, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, menu labeling, and food safety challenges. It is the industry's primary responsibility to be sure the food they sell and serve to consumers is safe.

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The Story Behind the José Andrés Nonprofit Currently Mobilized to Feed Gaza

EATER

This month, the José Andrés-led nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK) became the first organization to successfully send aid to Gaza by ship when the Open Arms, carrying 200 tons of food, reached the area on March 15; WCK dispatched a second ship on Sunday, March 17. million meals to Palestinians in need.

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The Story Behind the José Andrés Nonprofit

EATER

Last week, World Central Kitchen arrived in Hawaii with food and supplies for first responders. Over the next several days, World Central Kitchen volunteers set up at food distribution locations on Maui and the Big Island, and within the first week of its arrival, the organization provided more than 16,000 meals to wildfire victims.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

He began his life-long career in the hospitality business at the food service division of Stouffer in Newark, N.J., and joined the Marriott Corporation in 1965 to help launch its fast-food division, beginning with Hot Shoppes Jr., It’s fun to be able to offer the city food from such a great brand through our Kitchen Center.”

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The Numbers Driving New Cookbook Deals

EATER

The food writer Craig Claiborne catches wind of her talent and comes for lunch. In America, a voracious appetite for food and cooking was beginning to manifest alongside a growing curiosity for food from other places. It’s tough to find talent,” says Mallika Basu, a food writer, industry commentator, and consultant.

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There Really Is No Ethical Restaurant Under Capitalism

EATER

We have not figured out how to replicate matter, nor have we abolished money, so even in our most progressive and sustainable restaurants, the food has to come from somewhere and must be paid for by someone. Sometimes the chef is also the owner, or sometimes they are hired by the owner. In the kitchen, there is a hierarchy.

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What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers

EATER

More and more Starbucks locations are announcing intentions to unionize amid a historic movement in the food industry A version of this article first appeared in The Deep Dish , the members-only monthly newsletter by Civil Eats that features in-depth reporting on the American food system. This trend. Momentum is at an all-time high.”.

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