- The Ten-Minute Manager's Guide To...Food Festivals
Outdoor food festivals are as much a part of summer as sunshine and soaring temperatures. Approximately 10,000 will be held in the United States in 2006, according to the International Culinary Tourism Association. But feeding hungry crowds is no day at the beach. Smart operators large and small map out ......
- Weathering the Storm
As a Miami native, I've seen my share of hurricanes. The devastation left by Hurricane Andrew and the weeks that followed not only changed the lives of many South Floridians but also served as a portent of storms to come. During the last two years, Florida has become a magnet ......
- A Real Mom and Pop Operation
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 HOT SPOT: The bar and dining room at Talula. Here's the set-up: Two chefs meet, separately achieve national prominence, get married, settle down in one of the country's hottest restaurant markets, start a family, open that perfect little place of their own, and live happily ever after....
- Miami's spice: a multicultural mecca. African
Americans will enjoy visiting this stateside hot
spot.
A sprawling urban metropolis, Miami, like its music, is a mix of cultures. Latin salsa, jamaican reggae and Haitian compas blend with African-American rap, rhythm and blues, and good old American rock `n' roll to define the Miami sound. It is this blend of African-American, Caribbean and Hispanic cultures peppering ......
- Table Turns
David Slay (below), former chef-owner of La Veranda in Beverly Hills, Calif., takes over as executive chef at Knoll in Le Parc Suite Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif. ... Rafi Taherian was promoted to executive director of Stanford Dining at Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. ... Previously chef at Arzak in ......
- Top 100 Independent Restaurants
The restaurant industry has grown accustomed in recent years to seeking indicators, however small, of economic improvement, beacons that signal sales-building momentum has been regained. Restaurants & Institutions' 21st annual ranking of the 100 highest-grossing independent (nonchain) restaurant locations provides one such note of encouragement. The 100 restaurants that make ......
- Franchise South Expo: heating up Miami: even if
Miami's January temperatures don't reach above 90 degrees,
there will be plenty of heat and excitement going on in the Miami Beach
Convention Center.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Traditionally January is the coolest month of the year in Miami. From Jan 11-13 however the action will be hot and hectic at the Miami Beach Convention Center when the Franchise Expo South opens for its second run. Mirroring the success of the West Coast Franchise Expo, ......