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restaurant A Conversation With...JULIE HANSEN
Release 2009-10-27
Regional ManagerOregon Liquor Control CommissionOregon is one of the control states, with a governor-appointed commissionthat regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages, issues licensesto vendors, and enforces the state liquor laws.Julie Hansen got her first job with the Oregon Liquo... ...All
Tag: liquor-control
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purchaseleader (America) A Conversation With...CRAYNE HORTON
Release 2009-10-24
Co-Founder, Fish Brewing CompanyOlympia, WashingtonCrayne Horton was a political-science professor at a branch campus of HeidelbergCollege . . . in Japan! An avid home brewer for many years he wasfinally pleased enough with his product to brew his own craft beer forsale when he moved back to the Uni... ...All
Tag: beer-business
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purchaseleader (America) All I Really Need To Know I Learned Bartending
Release 2009-10-23
Everything I really need to knowabout how to exist in this world,personal or business, I learnedbartending. This knowledge wasshared with me by owners, managers,salesmen, waitresses, waiters,bartenders, and customers. Most of theseteachers were successful in life’s everyday challenges.These tips yo... ...All
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restaurant A Conversation With...JOSEPH TAKATA
Release 2009-10-22 Comment: 2 GoodRate: 1
Beverage Director, Hilton HawaiianVillage Beach Resort & SpaYou could say that Joseph ‘‘Joe’’ Takata just fell into his career in thebartending-and-hospitality industry. Although he was an education majorat the University of Hawaii Joe found his calling through various hospitalityindustry jo... ...All
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restaurant A Conversation With...GEORGE KIDDER
Release 2009-10-18
Imperial Club BartenderGeorge Kidder is a lifelong bartender. ‘‘The Great Kidder,’’ as he is affectionatelyknown in the Eastern Idaho farming community of Ashton, got hisfirst job at age 21, working as a barback for his father, who was also abartender. As of this writing George is 71 and celebra... ...All
Tag: GEORGE KIDDER bar-setup club-setup
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restaurant Know Your Brew: Training Your Staff To Sell Beer
Release 2009-10-17
The more you know about beer, the easier it is to sell. Beer traininginvolves two types of information— industry knowledgeand product knowledge. Industry knowledge includes informationon a beer’s history, how it’s made, and beer styles, origins, and ingredients. Product knowledgefocuses more spec... ...All
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RedMary (Europe) A Conversation With...F. PAUL PACULT
Release 2009-10-15
Editor, The Spirit JournalWine-and-Spirits WriterPaul Pacult (his byline is F. Paul Pacult) began his career in the wineand-spirits industry like so many others—quite by accident! Working asa landscaper in the early 1970s he was hired to beautify a new SonomaCounty winery, Rodney Strong Vineyards. ... ...All
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restaurant A Conversation With...GEORGE MAJDALANI
Release 2009-10-13
Restaurant Operations ManagerAfter majoring in Business Information and Accounting in college GeorgeMajdalani was trained as a bar and restaurant manager by Robert Zimmerman,the former CEO of Rosewood Properties (a Texas-based company that ownsupscale hotel properties). After a stint as executive op... ...All
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RedMary (Europe) A Conversation With...CHRIS HOOVER
Release 2009-10-12
Attorney at Law Dallas, TexasThis interview has a different slant from the others that you will read inthis book. Chris Hoover is an attorney who specializes in defending peopleaccused of drunken driving. He has some strongly held opinions aboutDWI laws and third-party liability, and about the clash... ...All
Tag: bar-laws restaurant-laws
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restaurant How Can You Tell If Someone Has a Drinking Problem?
Release 2009-10-12
The NIAAA suggests asking thesefour questions, of yourself or theperson you care about:* Have you ever felt you should cut down on your drinking?* Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?* Have you ever felt bad, or guilty, about your drinking?* Have you ever had a drink first thing in ... ...All
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restaurant The Glen Pub
Release 2009-10-02
Mike Clark recently became the manager of a full-service restaurant.The restaurant is in a Midwest resort town of 10,000 people. Thetown is located along the coastline of one of the Great Lakes andis approximately 10 miles from an industrial town of 150,000 people and35 miles from a progressive city... ...All
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restaurant The King of Cocktails - DALE DEGROFF(Photo)
Release 2009-09-28
Dale DeGroff came to New York City in the late 1960s. Like many aspiringactors, his first job was in the restaurant business—as a dishwasher atHoward Johnson’s in Times Square. His next job, at an advertisingagency, led him to work with an account called Restaurant Associates.Today it is still wel... ...All
Tag: cocktail DEGROFF-DALE
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RedMary (Europe) Reviewing resveratrol
Release 2009-09-04
Resveratrol, found in grapes and peanuts, is a flavonoid, one of a group of plantchemicals credited with lowering cholesterol and thus reducing your risk of heartattack. It’s also linked to a lower risk of some forms of cancer.In 2001, two reports — one in the American Heart Association’s Circula... ...All
Tag: Reviewing spirit Spirit Wine wine reviewing resveratrol grape-juice
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RedMary (Europe) Shaker, shaker, who’s got the shaker?
Release 2009-09-04
Serving spirits is generally a breeze: Open bottle. Pour spirits into glass. Drink.Serving cocktails is another thing entirely: Mash. Muddle. Crush. Shake. Strain. Pour.Just getting to “drink” can be exhausting.To make the job easier, the smart cocktail maker keeps several basic tools close athand... ...All
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RedMary (Europe) What’s a cocktail?
Release 2009-09-04
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word cocktail first surfacedaround the turn of the 19th century. No one knows for sure where it came from,although H.L. Mencken, the eminent Baltimore journalist and essayist, lists no fewerthan seven possible points of linguistic origin, including a... ...All
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RedMary (Europe) The Pousse Café
Release 2009-09-04
In French, the name Pousse Café literally means “push the coffee down.” In thiscase, you’re pushing five types of liqueur and one base spirit. The name grew outof the fact that this drink is served most often with dessert as an after-dinner digestif,along with good, strong coffee. It’s pronounc... ...All
Tag: café pousse-cafe
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RedMary (Europe) Want to make your own liqueurs? - here now.
Release 2009-09-04
Once upon a time, farmers and others made spirits as a hobby. Many of the liqueursshown in these pages originated that way. A peach farmer took some of his tastiestpeaches, squeezed out the juice, and mixed it in with the local whiskey. Thenhe aged it a little and put it in a bottle — voila, as the... ...All
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RedMary (Europe) Winston and brandy: A classic twosome
Release 2009-09-04
One of the truly great men of the 20th century, Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill(1874–1965) served as Prime Minister of England during World War II. Even in timesof deepest crisis, he never missed his brandy and cigars.Every evening Churchill took the time for a good cigar and a good glass of Cogn... ...All
Tag: brandy
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RedMary (Europe) The solera aging method
Release 2009-09-04
The distillers of the Iberian Peninsula had a jump on all those in other Europeancountries. Distillation came to Europe and the rest of the world from North Africawhen the Moors of that region conquered most of Spain. The Moors taught thepeninsula dwellers about their alchemic arts, including how to... ...All
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RedMary (Europe) U.S. Distillery License #1
Release 2009-09-04
When William Laird from Scotland’s County Fyfe landed in the New World in 1698,he had no idea that he would establish a family dynasty that would introduce aunique product that’s still popular more than 300 years later.William was a farmer who had a knowledge of distilling. He was looking around f... ...All
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