As the food market becomes increasingly globalized, our neighborhood supermarkets are shelved with well-traveled products from every nook and cranny of the planet. Fresh Wellfleet oysters from Massachusetts are shipped to the finest restaurants in...
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The FDA’s stance on Active Managerial Control
More now than ever, the active communities of review and ranking sites have provided a clearer window into restaurants and food establishments, and needless to say, this transparency and honest feedback...
In the restaurant world (and for that matter, food service in general), there are important decisions to make as to who's accountable for temperature checks and how accountability and responsibility tie in with daily duties, from busy owners to...
Acronyms are extremely useful. We use them (mainly) to help consolidate names and associations into digestible briefs. Instead of "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network", we use "ESPN" when referring to that particular organization. Still,...
If you've ever read the ingredient list on a fast food sauce or a soft serve mix, you've probably seen it: propylene glycol. It's listed alongside words like xanthan gum and calcium disodium EDTA, usually in the "contains less than 2% of" section,...
There have been many CDC alerts and updates for a range of issues in the past year. A quick visit to the CDC website brings a flurry of information and data, which for some of us, can be difficult to sort through. There are routine revisions to...