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Bartenders swap places
Paul Clarke, Special to The Chronicle Sunday, May 24, 2009 PRINT E-MAIL SHARE COMMENTS (35) FONT | SIZE: Usually a bartender's first shift at a new place is mostly about the basics - learning the house cocktails, the preferences of the regulars. But ...
A Little Taste of Somewhere Else
EATING outdoors is one of the joys of warmer weather. If you forgo a seat at the local sidewalk cafe, it can also be a remarkably inexpensive way to immerse yourself in an atmosphere that seems imported from Manila; or ...
AIA/ LA Restaurant Award Nominees Chosen
09 AIA | LA 5th Annual Restaurant Design Awards A panel of distinguished jurors, composed of JONATHAN GOLD (Restaurant Critic, LA Weekly), CEDD MOSES (Founder/CEO, 213), MICHAEL PALLADINO, FAIA (Design Partner, Richard Meier & Partners Architects), LOUISE (LU) SANDHAUS (Graphic ...
From France, a Lesson in Loving Food
THE French take haute cuisine seriously. So the organization Le Fooding caused a stir in 2000 when it began celebrating a casual and egalitarian attitude toward eating, holding huge picnics in French cities, with bistro chefs serving food that people ...
Reservations about OpenTable's IPO?
OpenTable, the premier site for online restaurant reservations, is among several companies braving the anemic market for raising capital and giving initial public offerings a shot this week. Smart move or incredibly stupid? In an effort for full disclosure, I ...
AMERICAN PIE
Who makes the best pizza on earth? That is the eternal question, the one that must be answered. Because: Round or square, flat or stuffed, thick crust or thin, slathered in pork products or simply covered in cheese, pizza just ...
Restaurants Lacking Appetite For Expensive Equipment
CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Recession-battered restaurants are looking for new menu items to attract customers, but don't have much appetite for big investments in equipment, executives for commercial kitchen equipment makers said Monday. Relatively inexpensive types of equipment such as panini grills ...
From Frisée to Finance, It Has to Be Perfect
IN the middle of the kitchen at Daniel, a four-star restaurant on the Upper East Side, a set of steep stairs leads to a cozy little nook known as the skybox. It has one lacquered-wood table, room for four diners, ...
Congress Plans Incentives for Healthy Habits
WASHINGTON — In its effort to overhaul health care, Congress is planning to give employers sweeping new authority to reward employees for healthy behavior, including better diet, more exercise, weight loss and smoking cessation. Congress is seriously considering proposals to ...