As a waiter you’re welcomed to the split personalities of a wide array of customers. Its your job to assure that employees are satisfied even when the cook messes up their order and your have to listen to 15 minutes of dissatisfaction, complaints and how the customer will not refer the restaurant to anyone else. You have multiple tables to deal with and even with the stress and being constantly on the move, one must still put a smile on their face, and assure they accommodate to all their customers needs. The life of a waiter is not necessarily without stress and constant hassle. This though doesn’t always have to be the case. The degree to how stressed a waiter is or how busy one employee is, can be determined by the establishment that they work at. Read more »
Making a Reservation like a Concierge
Like many people I know I love to eat out. With so many restaurants in the DMV area the options of were to go are almost limitless. I enjoy trying new food, new cuisines, and twists on regular dishes that the chef created. Going for dinner with friends or family is fun, rather than eat at home your introduced to a new ambiance with different design in the different places you go and a new selection of food offered but the variety of restaurants. I’d believe that most will agree with this but with all good there is usually some bad and that’s no different with dining out.
When one goes out to eat they don’t want to be hassled with the inconvenience of having to wait thirty to 60 minutes for an open table which is an issue that can even be faced when one goes to Olive garden. It is not just the high-end restaurants with renowned chefs that require a wait but other popular regular restaurants too. Read more »
Restaurant Portions: Are you serious?
In present there are so many new restaurants opening up all over the world. If your look at Washington DC for example there has been a huge growth in the restaurant and bar industry in the past few years, know allowing people to have a wide selection of foods from Thai, Mexican, French, and the list goes on.
One thing that varies though is usually the potion sizes that you get especially when you look at high-end restaurant versus mid to lower end. Often if you go to a Chinese buffet then your swamped with a selection of various dishes not necessarily traditional Chinese but a variety non the less. The portions are huge and that’s not only in buffets but it is generally in most Asian cuisine restaurants. Read more »
Wine Collecting For Beginners
Collecting wine can be a very fun and exciting hobby – especially when you try to find the wine. If you are looking to collect wine, you may end up spending a bit more money than you thought. Wine collecting is a great hobby, although it can be very expensive. If you are just starting out, the tips below may come in very handy to help you get started
The first thing to do, is find a place to store your wine. You can store your wine at home, although you’ll need to have a location with the proper amount of space and cooling temperature (between 50 and 65 degrees F). You’ll also need to determine what brands and types of wine you are planning to collect. There are several options to choose from, including red and white wine. You’ll also need to find some places with good quality and refinery to buy your wine from. Read more »
Wine Tasting – A Preference For Red Or White
For many of us wine is something of a mystery and when we are buying wine it comes down to a simple choice between red and white and what our local supermarket has available in its “special offer” bin. But wine really isn’t such a mystery at all and, in this area at least, a little knowledge can get you a very long way.
The starting point is to understand the different types of wine available and here we can divide wines into five main groups.
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Your Coffee Machine Can Brew You Any Kind Of Coffee
There are many people who have for long considered themselves purists in the world of coffee, and wouldn’t dream of touching this sacred brew. But all of this is changing now, coffee is being flavored and you can have any one of hundreds of kinds now.
Blenders are practically artists now, with exotic blends being designed all the time. There is an Indonesian blend which is a mix of Sumatran and Papua New Guinea beans that yields a flavorful full bodied brews. Newer regions such as Papua New Guinea and Sumatra are being scoured for new kinds of beans for these blends. Sumatra beans mixed with Colombian Patron gives a smoky, dark taste to the blend. Read more »
Fall Mixed Drink Recipes
With the leaves changing colors and the temperatures dropping, autumn is finally making its presence known. And while the weather is changing, so are the cocktails…To welcome the new season, here are a few fall mixed drink recipes featuring autumn’s best ingredients!
- Yamakazi Autumn Delight: Served warm or cold, this mixture of whiskey, apple cider, and cinnamon is sure to get your blood boiling
- Cranberry Apple Crush: While this is a non-alcoholic recipe, you can always replace the apple juice with apple liqueur to add a little kick to it
- Ginger Smash: Mix whole cranberries, slices of ginger root, and gin to make this perfect autumn concoction! Read more »
Pizza
You can’t walk more than a block in New York without passing by a pizzeria offering jumbo slices and everyone in Chicago is a fan of the decadent deep dish pies. But which one is better? It’s a close competition but there are some key differences that may sway your choice.
New York
New York Pizza offers the traditional hand tossed thin crust with a light layer or sauce and cheese with scattered toppings. New York pizza’s are made to sit and enjoy as well as for a quick bite for people on the go. You can order a whole pie or grab a jumbo slice and fold it in to the convenient “pizza sandwich”. Read more »
Grandmas Fruitcake
This is the recipe that my grandmother brought with her when she and her family left Russia in the early 1900″s.
As a child around 1920′s or so, while living on a farm in Pennsylvania which at that time there were a great amount of people who came from Europe, you needed to be able to do for yourself, she learned from her mother how to make a most delicious white fruit cake, a white fruitcake is a fruitcake that does not have any molasses, molasses which is very bitter, not having the molasses in the fruitcake gives it a lighter color, this gives it the name white fruitcake.
Better Brownies, Better Taste, Better Nutrition
Brownies just keep getting better and better. Moist, chewy and so easy, these Fudgy-Fig-Nut Brownies are made with rich dark chocolate, crunchy toasted walnuts and surprise-sweet, delicious figs. Taste and health have joined together with simple directions to deliver brownies fit for every day or special occasions such as Father’s Day, Fourth of July and birthdays.
Amber-colored golden figs and dark purple Mission figs star as the special secret ingredients that make these brownies so unique and so delicious. The tiny crunchy seeds and sweet, chewy flavor of the figs complement the toasted walnuts and smooth dark chocolate. Health-conscious cooks are excited to learn that dark chocolate contributes health-promoting flavonol antioxidants; dried figs offer a unique array of essential vitamins and minerals and an excellent amount of dietary fiber; and walnuts deliver essential omega-3 fatty acids and “good” monounsaturated fats. Read more »
