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CHEFS – ARE YOU READY FOR WINTER

Culinary Cues

More than anything else, when I was in restaurant kitchens I looked forward to planning and testing the next set of menu changes. A stale menu is not cost effective, ignorant of quality issues with ingredients, uninspiring for employees, and just plain boring. Winter is, by far my favorite season to plan menus.

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THE 2021 CHEF SKILL SET

Culinary Cues

We all knew that the restaurant industry was in need of a structural overhaul, we (those of us affiliated with the business) were well aware of the cogs in the chain, and the years of rust that had accumulated on systems and organization, but it took the pandemic of 2020/21 to shout out: THE TIME IS NOW! Such is the case in 2021.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features news that consumers plan to put restaurants at the top of their shopping lists, the latest stats for on premise and why the restaurant of the future is here now. Nearly half (48 percent) of respondents also said they are likely to buy gift cards from a local independent restaurant.

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‘The Zuni Cafe Cookbook’ Is a Master Class in California Cuisine

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Afterward, she would have gone to Stanford to study art history and then to law school and a distinguished career in the foreign service, because Rodgers, in addition to being a planner, was smart and thoughtful about details. The neighbor arranged a student exchange between Rodgers and the hotel owners’ teenage daughter.

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MRM Research Roundup: Holiday Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the Restaurant Resilience Index, the impact of reviews, shifitng consumer preferences and the importance of rewards. Pandemic and Restaurant Demand. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted a number of businesses, but few harder than the restaurant industry. percent demand decline.

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On the Thailand-Malaysia Border, Food Defies Nations

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A roadside restaurant in Satun, Thailand. “I I have a Thai passport, as does my mother-in-law, but my husband is a Malaysian citizen. A restaurant in Betong, Thailand. There is no hyphenated food in Thailand,” says Richard Poole of Tai , a southern Thai restaurant in London. A coffee shop in Kaki Bukit, Malaysia.

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Finding Community (and Pancit Canton) in America’s Oldest Resort Town

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Another summer draws to a close for pan-Asian restaurant East of Suez, which has welcomed generations of diners in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire The sidewalks of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, are coated in a patinaed collage of melted ice cream. So they decided to open a restaurant of their own. Family meal at East of Suez. Then, weekends only.