Kitchen and dining room staff

Instructions 101, Traditions

Here is a fun article I found on Wikipedia…if you want to brush up on your restaurant staff trivia: Larger restaurants and hotels in France employ extensive staff and are commonly referred to as either the kitchen brigade for the kitchen staff or dining room...

May 5th

Traditions

Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next...

Pass the ancient Irish butter please

Traditions

Ok now here is a useless little interesting fact I read and researched. Some of the commonest archaeological finds in Ireland are barrels of ancient butter, buried in the peat bogs: they flavored butter heavily with garlic, knuckled it into a wooden firkin, and buried...

Flatware 101

Instructions 101, Traditions

When serving up a delicious meal to your friends and family, you should focus on the taste as well as the presentation of your dish. The way food is prepared and presented to your guests through stylish dinnerware will make all the difference in how each diner takes...

30 year old Landmark Closed

Montreal Buzz, Traditions

This is hardly related to ethnic food, or good food for that matter, but I thought it noteworthy of a post here. On February 11th, 2009, the landmark 24 eatery Les Serres Picasso closed its doors after 30 years. This huge location of 500 seats, located on...

Are You Fasting?

Traditions

No offense to other denominations, but it just occured to me, are you good Christians fasting? Yes Today is day 9 of Lent. What is Lent? Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. Conventionally it is described as being...