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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

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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: 2017 ??

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#MeToo, Still

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Allison Vu /Eater Five years after I went public with my #MeToo experiences in the restaurant industry, has anything really changed? In 2017, when #MeToo — a movement originally founded by activist Tarana Burke in 2006 — went viral, several exposes revealed examples within the entertainment, business, and restaurant industries.

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

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The internet holds countless stories of inappropriate behavior that female restaurant workers have endured. Women-owned restaurants often have their accomplishments overlooked. Women fill more than half of restaurant positions in the U.S. Make the Restaurant Workplace Better For Women. She promptly quit. Set core values.

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

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Update: 3/18/2024: This story was originally published November 10, 2017. Those efforts continued in August 2017 when Andrés flew to Houston to feed people after Hurricane Harvey flooded the city. Photo: World Central Kitchen / Facebook José Andrés in Puerto Rico “Puerto Rico just took us by storm,” MacNair said in 2017. “We

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The Story Behind the José Andrés Nonprofit

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José Andrés | Photo: World Central Kitchen / Facebook World Central Kitchen is on the ground in Maui — serving meals as they did in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Houston, and more Update: 8/18/2023: This story was originally published November 10, 2017. It has been updated throughout to reflect the latest information.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

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Leadership gathered the remaining staff at lunchtime to process what had just happened; during the meeting, the HR director played a singing bowl, and Peggy Dulany, Stone Barns co-founder and chair of the board, burned sage. Repeated requests to speak directly with the leadership of Stone Barns and Blue Hill were denied.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ alluring story — that a fine dining restaurant could be a model for changing the world — seduced diners, would-be employees, and thought leaders alike. Located on a working farm that was once part of a sprawling Rockefeller estate, the restaurant is a beacon of the sustainable food movement.

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