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The Curious Case of ‘Welcome In’

EATER

While not exactly a training manual for a national corporation, Carol Ann, who asked to be identified by her first names only, did tell me that the phrase was officially part of her training in 2012 at James Beard-award winning Chef Stephan Pyles’s Stampede 66. That is where I first remember hearing the ‘welcome in’ stuff.

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The Transportive Power of Food Perfumes

EATER

In 2012, Pizza Hut debuted its own fragrance , seemingly for rabid fans looking to keep the waft of dough and tomato sauce lingering on their bodies long after they finished a slice. Food-themed perfumes are by no means new. Years ago, Virginia’s Pork Barrel BBQ put out a fragrance inspired by the smoky redolence of its meat rubbings.

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How DoorDash and Postmates Make an Already Dangerous Job Worse

EATER

With each chapter, she highlights the ways the tipped minimum wage exploits workers from a particular job category, including restaurant servers, delivery drivers, nail technicians, and more. By the time she returned in 2012, she felt that as “an independent artist, I didn’t have funds to pursue my music career.” Monica Burton.

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Cyber Security in the Hospitality Industry

SiteMinder

Today’s cyber-criminals are devising newer, more sophisticated methods to infiltrate and extract sensitive customer information from hotel websites, internal systems, servers, and even mobile platforms – your front desk is not exempt from these threats. Usually solutions depend on countermeasures once the attack has been noticed.

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How to Cook a Direwolf

EATER

It was served with accompaniments, one of which was an asparagus relish; at another table, the server was explaining how he’d seen the chef arranging the asparagus on her bread like dragon scales while testing out the recipe. Woods = god,” she texted the food writer Julia Thiel after they went foraging together in 2012.

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Menu Prices Will Go Up With a Higher Minimum Wage. But You’ve Been Underpaying for Years.

EATER

Fairness has the potential to be a fundamental part of a restaurant’s business plan In 2012, the organization Fight for 15 , composed of fast-food workers who walked off the job to demand a living wage and workers’ rights, formed in New York City. A Fight for 15 protest in New York City | a katz /Shutterstock.

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Ultimate Grubhub, Red Lobster Catering and Parts in Town

Modern Restaurant Management

“This program is designed for a wide range of people, who may or may not already be working in the hospitality field, including bartenders, sommeliers, servers or cooks who are interested in wine, the beverage community, or beverage managers seeking to broaden their exposure.” 360-solution for guests, servers, and management. ?

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