30 Restaurants & Bars The restaurants range from cutting edge spots in Boston to regional classics like the Red Rose. Neal McNamara , Patch Staff Posted Replies CAMBRIDGE, MA — Several notable restaurants and chefs in Massachusetts are well represented in the semifinalists announced Wednesday for the prestigious 2023 James Beard Awards , sometimes referred to as the Oscars of the culinary arts industry. Named for the late chef, cookbook author and food presenter James Beard, the awards “recognize exceptional talent in the culinary and food media industries, as well as a demonstrated commitment to racial and gender equity, community, sustainability, and a culture where all can thrive,” The semifinalists are recognized across 23 categories, including a new award for outstanding bakery. Here are 2023 James Beard Award nominees from Massachusetts: Outstanding Chef Rachel Miller, Nightshade Noodle … [Read more...] about 12 MA Restaurants, Chefs Named James Beard Award Semifinalists In 2023
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A Second Act for Pujol, Mexico’s World-Class Restaurant
MEXICO CITY — Seventeen years after putting its city and its chef on the world culinary map with its playfully elevated street food, Pujol , Mexico’s most celebrated restaurant, will serve the final meal in its building on Calle Francisco Petrarca sometime in the coming weeks. But 11 blocks away, in a bungalow hidden behind a wooden fence and tall trees in the Polanco neighborhood, the chef Enrique Olvera and his team have spent the last two years quietly building a new Pujol, which they expect to open soon afterward. The long gestation can be attributed in part to Mr. Olvera’s obsessive attention to detail. He and his associates have agonized over everything: the texture of the wood tables (like peach fuzz), the shade of gray of the poured granite floor, the bike rack (a substitute for valet parking), the sunken floor behind the bar that places the bartender at eye level with seated customers, and the layout of the kitchen. Mr. Olvera, 40, says there was never any … [Read more...] about A Second Act for Pujol, Mexico’s World-Class Restaurant
James Beard Awards 2018: List Of Cambridge Semifinalists
0 Restaurants & Bars See which Cambridge chefs and restaurants are being recognized this year by the James Beard Foundation. Alex Newman , Patch Staff Posted Reply CAMBRIDGE, MA – It's Oscar season again in the food world. The James Beard Foundation released its list of semifinalists Wednesday for national and regional chef and restaurant awards and, perhaps unsurprisingly, several Cambridge restaurants and chefs are up for awards this year. The list of semifinalists announced Wednesday will be sent to a panel of more than 600 judges — made up mainly of restaurant critics, food and wine editors, culinary educators and past James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award winners — to whittle each category down to five nominees. The finalists are announced on March 15 and the winners will be announced May 1 in Chicago, according to the James Beard Foundation. This year Cambridge racked up three semifinalists in national … [Read more...] about James Beard Awards 2018: List Of Cambridge Semifinalists
MA 2018 James Beard Award Semifinalists: Full List
0 Restaurants & Bars See which Massachusetts chefs and restaurants are being recognized this year by the James Beard Foundation. Alex Newman , Patch Staff Posted Reply It's Oscar season again in the food world. The James Beard Foundation released its list of semifinalists Wednesday for national and regional chef and restaurant awards and, perhaps unsurprisingly, numerous Massachusetts restaurants and chefs are up for awards this year. The list of semifinalists announced Wednesday will be sent to a panel of more than 600 judges — made up mainly of restaurant critics, food and wine editors, culinary educators and past James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award winners — to whittle each category down to five nominees. The finalists are announced on March 15 and the winners will be announced May 1 in Chicago, according to the James Beard Foundation. This year Massachusetts racked up 20 semifinalists – 14 in national … [Read more...] about MA 2018 James Beard Award Semifinalists: Full List
Chinese restaurants, hotels see job demand surge as country re-opens
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 3 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Chinese hotels and restaurants are seeking employees amid demand recovery in the services sector after the end of Beijing's zero-COVID protocols, with a survey by a leading recruiter showing a surge in job openings in the hospitality industry. During the first six days of work after China's Lunar New Year holiday, job openings in the hotel and catering sectors surged 40% from the same period a year earlier, according to a survey published on Friday by Zhaopin, one of the county's biggest recruitment firms. Passenger vehicle and freight truck drivers and airplane and train crews are also badly needed, with job openings jumping by 85.2% over the same period, due to busy transport and logistics sectors following China's post-COVID reopening. AS CHINA REOPENS, DAVOS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GLOBAL ECONOMY … [Read more...] about Chinese restaurants, hotels see job demand surge as country re-opens
Sake. Dashi. Soba Shops: Japanese Chic Takes Root in Brooklyn
On a cold Tuesday afternoon in January, four women made their way down Guernsey Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They had just finished lunch at Acre , a Japanese cafe and shop, where they had been served bento boxes and green tea, and were headed to 50 Norman , a new warehouse space nearby that housed three other Japanese businesses. The women, all Japanese immigrants, had driven in from New Jersey, at the advice of their friend, Chieko Koie, who had already dined at Acre and was interested in visiting the warehouse after seeing it on Instagram. The group’s first stop at 50 Norman was Dashi Okume , which sells dashi, a soup base typically made from ingredients like dried fish, seaweed and mushrooms. The business, which opened in Tokyo in 1871, offers various ready-made dashi powder blends, as well as bins of dried ingredients for customers to make their own. “For Japanese people, dashi is really important for making food,” Ms. Koie said. “It’s like a piece of home here in … [Read more...] about Sake. Dashi. Soba Shops: Japanese Chic Takes Root in Brooklyn