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National Restaurant Association The locally produced bubbly was a success at last night's state dinner, but some people grumble about the pairing of red wine with green curry prawns. Would you serve grenache with shellfish? Does the curry with smoked collards stand up to the red?
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Wines for the meal included "top-notch fizz" from Virginia.

Joseph Kale
Great article on integrating your POS sytem with video surveillance to prevent theft and liabilities: http://www.restaurantreport.com/departme nts/restaurant_operations.html

National Restaurant Association 'Tis the season of giving 'til it hurts - literally, for Paula Deen. Ouch, y'all!
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ATLANTA -- Savannah's own Paula Deen is helping to deliver more than 25,000 lbs. of protein to Hosea Feed the Hungry, but got more than she bargained for. | Raw Video | Paula Speaks Monday, November 23, 2009.

Patrick Maguire
New blog post. Have a great Thanksgiving.
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National Restaurant Association Tips from Washington restaurateurs on how they would like their guests to behave. Anything you would like to add?
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There are countless ways customers can endear themselves to restaurants. Inviting a clown to a four-star establishment is not one of them.

National Restaurant Association Did you know that 53% of Americans use restaurant takeout as all or part of their Thanksgiving meals? Will you pick up your bird, sides or dessert at a restaurant this year?
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According to National Restaurant Association research, one in 10 Americans (11 percent) celebrate Thanksgiving Day by dining in one of the nation's 945,000 restaurants.

National Restaurant Association Our National ProStart Invitational will be featured on a special half-hour show with Guy Fieri on the Food Network on Dec. 5! The students are very excited!
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» Press Room » Guy Fieri’s Top of the Class™ Featuring the National ProStart Invitational to Air on Food Network

National Restaurant Association Social media is changing the rules for customer service, and companies are noticing, according to USA Today. Does anyone have thoughts on how to leverage Twitter, Facebook, etc. to enhance customer service - or what to avoid doing?
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Hailed as the Next Big Thing, customer service through Twitter, as well as other social-networking sites, is a work in progress.

Patrick Maguire
Please check out my list of 64 Suggestions for Restaurant Customers. Thank you-PM
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National Restaurant Association It's already drawn interested from Wylie Dufresne. Will former Microsoft exec write authoratative book on molecular gastronomy?
Scientist at Work - Nathan Myhrvold - After Microsoft, Bringing a High-Tech Eye to Professional Kitc
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A Renaissance man named Nathan Myhrvold and his staff are working on a very special cookbook.

Chris Sweis If a restaurant or bar could get a free Iphone Application with their Menu, Location, Prices, Ordering, Pictures, Specials, and Coupons on there would that be of great value? Just curious and would like to get some feedback...Thanks...

National Restaurant Association Blog post on tweeting food trucks in Los Angeles. Does anyone know of lists or Twitter handles in other cities? We have http://twitter.com/fojolbros here in Washington.
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The Kogi BBQ truck started the Twitterin' truck trend. Credit: joshuaheller / flickr.Take a walk down Main Street during one of downtown L.A.'s Art Walk nights (the second Thursday of every month), and ...





















