Why Kitchen Service Backs Up and How to Avoid it

Your dining room is full of happy customers looking forward to a great meal. You are proud of the job you’ve done putting together some crowd-pleasing specials that the waiters are having no problem selling alongside your classic dishes. The orders start coming in...

Common Ways Food Quality Can Suffer

Everyone has had the experience of going to one of their regular restaurants, looking forward to having their favorite dish there, only to find that when they tucked into it, something wasn’t quite right. If it happens once in a blue moon, all may be forgiven,...

The Case for Making Your Own Stocks

One of the main practices that differentiate a great kitchen from an average one is making stocks from scratch.  While canned broths and dried bases have their place, nothing will add as fine a foundation to your cooking as real stock.  In 1903 Escoffier wrote “These...

A Feast For the Eyes – Food Presentation 101

Of all the many factors to consider when opening a restaurant, the visual aspects are undoubtedly some of the most important. The time, thought and money spent on architects and decorators can, on a good day, reap great benefits in terms of a restaurant’s success. And...