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How Drag Queens Use Cookbooks To Flip Femininity

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater Cookbooks authored by drag queens have long been guides to embracing femininity — while questioning what it means to be a woman at all For a May Day picnic, Miss Eileen Dover recommends you serve a simple potato salad. Her recipe calls for boiled potatoes tossed with shredded carrots, cucumbers, yogurt, and vinegar with parsley to garnish.

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Raising the Table Stakes: Why Omnichannel Is More Important Than Ever in Hospitality

Modern Restaurant Management

There’s that word again: omnichannel. The word omnichannel has been buzzing since 2010, but at its core it’s all about guests. A restaurant omnichannel strategy puts the customer at the center of the dining experience. Now more than ever, customers have more opportunities to engage with restaurants across multiple channels. Why is omnichannel more important than ever?

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117 chefs share their secrets to running a successful kitchen and restaurant

Restaurant Business

Shari Bayer, author of “Chefwise: Life Lessons from Leading Chefs Around the World,” collected insights from the pros and shares their best practical and inspirational advice.

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The Best Guide for Commercial Ice Machines and Refrigeration for Restaurants and Bars

Modern Restaurant Management

Opening and running a restaurant isn’t always budget friendly. Most commercial restaurant equipment can run a business around 10k – 200k. Purchasing equipment outright might sound better in the moment, but over time with natural wear and tear, you will need repairs and professional cleanings. In most cases, repairs, and maintenance can start at $300 an hour not including the price of parts, delivery, and installation.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Panera Bread expands rewards program to grocery CPG

Restaurant Business

Shoppers who spend $20 on Panera-branded grocery items, including salad dressings and mac & cheese, can get a $5 electronic gift card to use at the fast-casual brand's restaurants.

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Grow Your Business - By Excluding Your Customers??

Thrive POS

What if we told you one of the keys to growing your pizzeria's business is excluding customers? No, we don't mean turning away hungry patrons at the door. We're talking about a marketing tactic known as "exclusion marketing" - a strategic approach that, when used correctly, can yield a significant return on minimal advertising spend on platforms like Facebook.

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‘Secret Chef’ Is the Logical Endpoint Of Cooking Shows. That’s Not a Good Thing.

EATER

The animated host lives inside these TVs. | Hulu The new show says it’s about the food. It’s not. Here are the basic components of Secret Chef : an underground “secret cooking facility” of private kitchens connected by conveyor belts (per the press release). An animated host that is equal parts Jigsaw from Saw and the creepy doll in Squid Game. Competitors who must keep their identities secret and are given aliases so you have to remember both their real names and who is “Chef Radicchio.

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Smokey Bones to trim menu, sharpen service under new president

Restaurant Business

As COO, Hal Lawlor helped the barbecue chain return to its roots. Now, his target is guest satisfaction. "That elevated expectation is back," he said.

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Has Pet-Nat Jumped the Shark?

EATER

Pét-nat fueled a natural wine generation, pushing other wines to the side. Here are 3 sparkling wines outside of the category to try.

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Sean Tresvant named Taco Bell CEO

Restaurant Business

The Mexican fast-food chain’s chief brand and strategy officer will take over the top job on Jan. 1 for Mark King, who is retiring.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Why Hospitality Evangelism Is Harmful

The Restaurant Manifesto

Perpetuating orthodox ideology about restaurant service overburdens staff and distorts guests’ expectations The post Why Hospitality Evangelism Is Harmful appeared first on The Restaurant Manifesto.

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The Maple Pepper Bacon Sandwich continues Chick-fil-A's mission to grow the grilled category

Restaurant Business

Behind the Menu: The new LTO, currently in test, is the chain's first grilled chicken sandwich introduced since 2019. But it probably won’t be the last.

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3 Ways Small Tea Businesses Can Achieve Sustainable Growth

T-Ching

The post 3 Ways Small Tea Businesses Can Achieve Sustainable Growth appeared first on T Ching.

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The biggest chains thrived during the pandemic, but most have not

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Average unit volumes have not kept pace with inflation over the past three years. Unless you're a really big restaurant chain.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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On Saint Peter's Day, people in Haro not only drink wine, but get soaked in it

The Salt

In the northern Spanish city of Haro Thursday, people will spray red wine on each other — part of an annual festival called La Batalla del Vino.

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Smash Park pickleball concept wins private-equity investment

Restaurant Business

The amount was not disclosed, but the investment will allow the soon-to-be four-unit eatertainment venue to expand to more markets.

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Lebanon considers way to fight an invasive species ruining the pine nut harvest

The Salt

Workers in Lebanon climb high up pine trees for a valuable export: pine nuts. But the important source of revenue is being choked off by an invasive pest.