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Read about the latest industry techniques, trends, and ideas as well as personal stories from restaurant professionals around the country.

How to Build a Porridge Bowl
Chef Minh Phan’s guide to building the best porridge bowl imaginable!

Revamping the Sour Orange
Commonly serving as a marinade for Cuban pork, the sour orange gets a role in local Miami dishes.

What's in the Box?
You know those cookie tins that grandmas store buttons or loose ends in? Pastry Chef Devin Braddock of Ariete reclaimed the box with actual cookies.

Beyond the Strawberry Margarita
Miami bartenders put refreshing twists on the classics to appeal to tropical-cocktail-loving clients.

The Way to Glass Noodles
Chef Victor Huang of Very Fresh Noodles provides a step-by-step guide to making slurpable glass noodles with a QQ texture that won't quit.

Preserving The Duck
Left with a fridge full of ducks, Olmsted's Taylor Hester got creative and turned to the pastrami brine.

Season to Change
Pastry Chef Mary Edinger held on to her job at Season To Taste as it necessarily transformed to Season To Go. She found she missed fine dining almost as much as she missed her colleagues.

The Sound of Service
Music inevitably sets the mood, and at How to Cook a Wolf everyone on staff has the opportunity to be handed the aux.

Scrappy Seattle
In Seattle, no scrap, no trim, no byproduct is left behind. Chefs are upcycling, cross-utilizing, and repurposing like our lives depend it (and, well, they could!) in order to prevent waste.
The Tale of the Not-So-Ugly Duckling
The Morris sells more than 3,000 roast ducks a year. Here's how Chef Gavin Schmidt does it.
Quicker Pasta Pick-Up
From the line at A Mano, Chef Freedom Rains shares how his crew saves 5 minutes on every pasta pick-up.

Putting the Crack in Cracklings
Queso, kimchi, and cracklings at Foxsister. The perfect vessel meets the perfect dip. Thanks, Brandon Kirksey.
Lights, Camera, Dinner
Everybody loves a show. At these three San Francisco spots, each chef has their own reasons (and aesthetics) for bringing the drama.

Fungi Fuels Minds
Blended Burgers align with the values and appetites of tech workers in the Silicon Valley.


A Song of Meat and Fire
Many factors contribute to a flawless steak: farming practices, cut, cooking method, seasoning, and the badass chef who makes it all possible.
A Sustainable Shrimp Tail
The lifecycle and upcycle of upstate New York shrimp at Mayanoki.