tips, tricks, and thoughts from the hospitality industry
Do you dread the Post-Dinner Credit Card Duel? Here are some tips to ensure you are the winner every time: 1. Don’t ask the server to decide which credit card to take at the end of meal. We’ve all seen and heard the haggling at a table after the check […]
Let us take a moment to consider Kale. That humble, sweet green with the bitter bite that has the texture of an innertube when not prepared correctly. You can’t swing a salad spinner around Los Angeles these days without hitting a restaurant with a Kale Salad on the menu. I […]
Even business newspapers must have food critics, I suppose. In order to make it newsy and fitting for his publication, Ryan Sutton, the food critic for Bloomberg News, gives his writing a financial spin. Whatever doesn’t fit in his columns at Bloomberg provides fodder for his blogs The Price Hike, […]
Kevin, enjoying a glass of Krug with chef M. Voltaggio If you consider yourself a gastronome in Southern California and you are not reading kevineats.com, then you should start now. From the French Laundry & Le Bernardin, to Ludobites 2.0 – 6.0, and into the enigmatic world of underground […]
Allegash White on draft at Public School 612 If the American Culinary Landscape could be expressed as a music scene, New York would be Opera, with the all grand stages, high stakes, high$$$, and divas-dive-bombing-one-another associated with it. Chicago would have to be jazz, featuring lots of improvisation on common […]
I'm a former restaurant manager who now writes about food and hospitality. I love to cook, read, write, and eat.