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91߹ and American Express Present: Building Your Marketing Plan

From exploring local advertising to increasing your online presence, learn how having the right marketing tools will set your business apart from the rest. To help you build your food business’

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91߹ and American Express Present: Recipe for Restaurant Profits

Discover the number one thing you need to know to make money in the restaurant business and learn how seemingly unimportant details—including the attire of your staff or the design of your flatware

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91߹ + American Express Present: Preventing Bar and Retail Theft

From the cash drawer “no-sale” to the little-known “straw-trick” and other clever theft secrets, 91߹ Culinary Management Instructor Anthony Caporale reveals the ins and outs of what might really be

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Restaurant Psychology

Visits from the innovators at Chipotle and Sixpoint Brewery and field trips to Daniel and Blue Smoke have been a few of the highlights. The end result is information and networking overload. While

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91߹ and American Express Launch Restaurant Success Series

When it comes to building a successful restaurant or food business, who better to turn to than the expert consultants and Culinary Management instructors at 91߹? In this four-part video series

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The Truth About Bed Bugs: Proactive Policies for Hospitality Professionals

I write about this almost unwillingly; I’m scratching just thinking about these minuscule monsters. What am I talking about? Bed bugs! Three years ago my son and I brought home these tiny, unwanted

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Life as a Culinary Management Student: A Professional Game-Changer?

Personally, I try not to get too excited about new opportunities. My optimistic daydreams have resulted in disappointment on many occasions, some worse than others. So in the days leading up to

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14 Food Styling Tips from Food52

Yet—however more appealing it may be—this approach to styling isn’t without its challenges. Narrowing your primary tools to good lighting, beautiful props and high quality raw ingredients makes a

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The Restaurant Success Strategy You Can't Afford to Overlook

While restaurant employees are trained to be vigilant about sanitation, food safety and other methods of protecting their guests, unfortunately many restaurant professionals are unprepared for

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Playing with Fire

The thing I value most about being a chef is the community that comes with it; there’s an atmosphere of friendly competition that encourages sharing. As chefs, we can easily get in over our heads. It

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The Insta-Complaint: How Social Media is Changing the Hospitality Industry

Have you ever stayed in a hotel where the service didn't meet your expectations? What did you do? If you're like many guests today, you probably pulled out your smart phone and immediately turned to

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So You Want to Write a Cookbook? Part II: Selling Your Proposal

I’m sharing my top three options for aspiring authors, in order of practical preference: But as I warned you in my previous post: writing a cookbook is a labor of love. If you want to cash in and make

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