Julia Asks What makes good service in a restaurant? It all really is so simple: be nice. Make the guests feel welcome. Take care of them. Don’t spill on them. Smile. Take your time. Happily and...
Since the book's release, they have been discovering even more interesting culinary career paths. DICED shares some of them with you in a reoccurring feature: “ Unique Culinary Careers.” At Covenant...
It’s hard to believe that six months have gone by so quickly! I remember how nervous I was about committing to the schedule while working a full-time job, and yet I did it. I didn’t miss a single day...
As President and Chief Executive Officer of Rosa Mexicano restaurants, Howard Greenstone directs its 12 restaurants in Atlanta, New York, Miami, National Harbor (MD), Hackensack (NJ), Los Angeles...
I have been running around and there is very little time to sit down. My feet are thanking me right now! There’s only four weeks left in our culinary management program and I can feel that what we’re...
Julia Heyer Bloomberg Media’s Dominic Chu (himself no stranger to restaurants) recently featured Grant Achatz’s new place in Chicago, the quarterly changing Next. It looked at the restaurant’s unique...
Julia Heyer The single food restaurant. It comes in all shapes these days, but generally tends to be small in size to not get bigger than its micro-niche: The Meatball Shop (pretty clear what you get...
Hot Bread Kitchen is a unique organization. The non-profit social enterprise focuses on creating better lives for low-income women by paying them while they learn the skills necessary to launch food...
August means that we have passed the halfway mark of the Culinary Management Program. The funny part about this program is that I think it mirrors my life a little too closely. When I started my...
Komen Greater NYC Race for the Cure. As part of the event, BlueStar is auctioning a pink 30-inch gas range valued at $4,700 and VIP dinner for six at Samuelsson’s Red Rooster, one of New York's...
Julia Heyer It saddened me to read recently that Lenny’s, a local NYC chain of sandwich shops with 13-plus outlets, recently agreed to the largest settlement in the history of New York State’s...
What sets Scharffen Berger apart is Scharffenberger's attention to detail at every step of the chocolate-making process from working with farmers, to selecting the finest, rarest beans to blend. In...