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Lost in Translation? Why Conscientious Menu Language Matters

Modern Restaurant Management

” A server who repeats the Spanish dish name reintroduces the food’s context and makes the dish’s origins not only visible, but audible. This bilingual menu style encompasses two fundamental translation strategies: domestication and foreignization. Foreignization means preserving the culture and language of origin.

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The Finger Bowl Is an Old Dining Etiquette Tradition That Could Soon Disappear

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I asked the server, sure that this was a COVID-19 consequence. When I probed, he revealed that “some servers,” particularly those in the “younger generation,” had complained about having to carry the diner’s used rinse, which sometimes had suspicious material floating in it. “Finger bowls… not allowed anymore?”

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

BIBO Beverage Group, LLC, will focus on creating a collective of domestic and internationally-based strategically placed brands, giving these small- to mid-sized producers the muscle of a more extensive operation. Building distribution network not only domestically but internationally. Self-Fill Bottle Program.

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INDIA – 6

Mary Gostelow

The rest of the time, the 800 or so who run this stylish 403-room place are busy with business, domestic and overseas. They recently added extra outside meeting places with gardens, with lakes big enough to have real geese. At weekends, locals come for staycations, for facilities for kids, fitnesss and dining. There’s Orient Express.

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

With domestic road trips increasing post pandemic, consumers are looking to receive food and continue on their travels as quickly as possible. With consumer expectations at an all-time high, award winning architecture and design firm, CRTKL, is working with 7-Eleven to re-imagine its stores and to attract consumers. and the U.K.,

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Where to Eat at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)

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Domestic arrivals). Tim Hortons: Stereotyped as “Canadian as maple syrup” food icon where you order a “double double” (double cream and double sugar in a coffee) and servers know (for better or worse) exactly what you’re asking for. Arrivals level).

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

Cabernet Franc continues to get hotter and hotter – both domestically and abroad. On-Demand Apps : “On-demand” apps can allow cooks, servers, and/or bartenders to see which restaurants or bars are in need of help each night, giving them ad-hoc access to jobs.

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