Becoming a chef came naturally for Tony Miller. Miller, who grew up picking fresh fruit from his family’s garden in Los Angeles, comes from a long line of cooks, chefs and restaurateurs. His family owns the venerable Harold and...
Pnina L. Peled once faced the difficult choice between pursuing a career in the arts or a career in the kitchen. She had been around the restaurant industry for most of her life, pitching in as a young girl at her father’s cafe in the Flatbush...
Once considered a regional dish of Florida and tropical outposts in the Caribbean, conch is appearing on a bevy of fine-dining menus across the country. A staple of Caribbean cuisine for hundreds or perhaps thousands of years, the...
Chef Timothy Hughes mixes diced pepper, scallions, salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, Japanese mayonnaise and jumbo lump crab. He forms the mixture into cakes and dusts them with fine panko bread crumbs.He sautés them and serves them with smashed...
SACRAMENTO CALIF. —Foodservice operators are optimistic that the formal launch of the auditing and enforcement arm of a recently created public-private partnership will improve the safety of...
CHICAGO —Although beverage sales make up a large chunk of the profit in many foodservice operations, just a small fraction of resources are focused on drink promotions. Recently, a group of drink...
Cast a glance across the bar at almost any restaurant, cafe, pub or tavern and chances are you’ll find a wealth of glassware. For certain you’ll see wine glasses, in at least still and sparkling wine formats. You may even find individual designs...
After backpacking through Central and South America for a year, Denise Baron interrupted her trip to visit the United States for her older sister’s wedding in 2004. Afterward, Baron was introduced to Kevin Harron, a friend of her...
On Tuesdays at the fine-dining Whist restaurant at the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., executive chef Warren Schwartz gets to bust out of the kitchen. That’s the night when Schwartz cooks out by the hotel pool over a...
