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The Downfall of a Restaurant: A Leadership Deficit

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Participate in workshops, peruse literature, and mingle with successful figures in your sector. They are the epicenters of culture, conviviality, and creativity. They are where we gather to celebrate life’s milestones, discover new flavors, and connect with our communities. Restaurant Excellence Guideline #5: Clarify your expectations.

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New-Wave Bakeries Are on the Rise in Puerto Rico

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José Rodriguez piping local herb cream cheese for his smoked salmon cups at Levain Artisan Breads. Rafael Ruiz Mederos After decades of industrialized baked goods, Puerto Rico welcomes a generation of bakeries redefining the island’s traditions with local ingredients and global techniques Soft, doughy pan sobao is ubiquitous in Puerto Rico.

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Coffee News Recap, 12 May: World AeroPress Championship 2023 will take place in Melbourne, Oatly appoints new CEO & other stories

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points at 2023 Best of Ka‘ū competition. Canada’s flagship three-day coffee event includes the Lab and Sensory Experience workshops, as well as Latte Art Live. The three-year project, held in partnership with National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, included nearly 600 on-farm training sessions and online workshops.

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Coffee News Recap, 23 Sep: Kenya reports 39% year-on-year increase in coffee earnings, on-the-go coffee consumption making a comeback & other stories

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The event, which has been around for more than four decades, aims to be “the point of reference for innovations in the whole dessert-and-coffee foodservices sector” It’s scheduled to run from 21-25 January 2023 at the Rimini Expo Centre, Italy. Nominations close on 3 October. Tue, 20 Sep.

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The Best Food Books to Read This Fall

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Asian American Writers’ Workshop co-founder Curtis Chin offers his contribution with a restaurant-kid memoir that’s also an ode to Chung’s, the Chinese restaurant that his family ran in Detroit from the 1940s to 2000. For when you want to read about food, not just eat it. With books like these, you won’t mind being cooped up inside.

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The Fermented Foods Industry Is Built on Global Ingredients. So Why Are Its Most Visible Faces White?

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Because I am Chinese-Malaysian (then a rarity in the industry), many customers assumed our product was of Asian origin, and I endured racist comments about its price point, taste, and provenance; many retailers and customers found tibicos hard to pronounce and asked why we didn’t call it by its more commonly used name, water kefir.

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Coffee News Recap, 4 Nov: PRF to return to Colombia in 2023, more than a third of UK hospitality businesses at risk of closure due to rising costs & other stories

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Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 31 Oct. UKHospitality survey finds more than a third of UK hospitality businesses at risk of closure due to rising costs. The organisation, which is owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), currently grows around 300 tonnes of coffee every year. cents/lb) for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) robusta coffee.

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