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Immigrant-Led Food Startups Face an Uphill Battle in the Pandemic

EATER

They’re immigrants, they’re working parents, and they’re lifting themselves out of poorly paid wage work. Meal Mantra was founded with money from a pharmaceutical business the Bhallas sold before immigrating from Delhi four years ago. She worked at Nordstrom after immigrating until she was eight months pregnant with her first child.

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AMERICAN RESTAURANTS – AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION

Culinary Cues

PART ONE: An Immigrant Nation Melting Pot: America was the land of opportunity and tens of thousands came to our shores, through Ellis Island, and stood at the gates of New York ready to become American and bring their ethnic influence the country’s profile.

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13 Restaurants with Outdoor Dining in Washington DC

Restaurant Clicks

This article includes restaurants that are diverse, and they are all outstanding. Upper West Side Cafe Lulu’s Wine Garden Laos in Town DC Corazon Hedy’s Rooftop Immigrant Food Equinox Restaurant Compass Rose Calico Dukes’ Grocery Hi-Lawn Blackwall Hitch Ruthie’s All Day. Immigrant Food. Best Outdoor Dining Restaurants in DC.

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THE KNIFE’S EDGE

Culinary Cues

The knife would have mentioned the people I had the pleasure to work with: the serious chefs, French butchers, Italian pâtissiers, alcoholic banquet chefs, legal and illegal immigrant workers, college graduates, apprentices, and high school dropouts, pirates moving from job to job, and lifers who started in one kitchen and never left.

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7 Fun Adventurous Happy Tips for Brazil’s Wine Regions

A Wine Story

Founded by Italian immigrants over a century ago, Bento Goncalves Brasil thrives as Brazil’s wine epicenter. Check out the details of Bento Goncalves Vinhos dos Vale travel in the “if you go” section at the end of this article Click to Tweet ). If you like this article you will like: — Dominus Estate.

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10 Common Pitfalls in Restaurant Build-Outs

Modern Restaurant Management

In fact, we could write an entire article on important issues to consider when drafting and negotiating your construction contract. Pitfall #8: Ignoring immigration laws. However, enforcement surrounding immigration laws, such as the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, has increased in recent years.

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Resources for reflection and action on Black Lives Matter…

Ken Burgin

People of colour, immigrants and vulnerable refugees have traditionally done much of our hot, heavy and dirty work, only sometimes rising to take on better-paid jobs as trained chefs and managers. There’s much to reflect on, and there are many times we see racism within our own hospitality industry.