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Touring the Douro Valley with the Symington Port Family

Sante

In 2014, Wine spectator awarded Dow’s 2011 vintage port as “Wine of the year” in the “Top 100 Wines of the World.” Rupert Symington enjoys sharing stories of his family’s heritage in the Douro Valley. But he’s also a innovative leader in the modern port trade. Rupert Symington knows port.

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Warmer Temperatures Could Mean More Grapes for Midwest Winemakers — but Also More Bad Weather

EATER

For Midwest winemakers, higher temperatures mean more opportunities to grow different grape varieties — but bring a new slew of challenges. After 11 years as a coastal science and policy specialist in Boston, Chantal Lefebvre and her husband Mike Newman moved to Northwest Michigan in 2007 to be closer to family that’d recently relocated there.

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David Chang’s Memoir Fails to Account for the Trauma He Caused Me

EATER

As the canny narrator of his own story, he has often declared that he is mystified by his own success, as in a 2014 interview with CBC/Radio-Canada, when he described himself as “so in the moment, and unaware, and unprepared for any success, and I just didn’t care what anyone thought.”. David Chang changed the way America eats.

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

Hardee's, and Panda Express are just some of the leading restaurant chains that have added plant-based items to their menus over the past 12 months, with Del Taco, Qdoba Mexican Eats, Red Robin, and Yard House adding additional items to their existing plant-based offerings. This data covers U.S.

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2022 Anteprime Toscana

A Wine Story

2022 Anteprime Toscana. Official Welcome Dinner of Anteprime di Toscana 2022 March 19. Official Welcome Dinner of Anteprime di Toscana 2022 Words can’t describe the thrill of walking toward the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio for the welcome dinner of Anteprime di Toscana 2022. Michelangelo’s David Giving a Warm Welcome. Click here for.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

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White Castle Flips for Flippy and Burma Bites

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM News Bites features tech companies winning funding, AI in the kitchen, DoorDash invests in brick and mortar and the gamification of food ordering. Ordermark Raises $120M in Series C Funding. Ordermark closed its $120M Series C funding round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2[1] and joined by returning investor Act One Ventures.