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The Customer is Always Right, Right? A Look at How Yelp Has Taken Hold of the Boston Restaurant Industry

in Business Practices, Cooking, Marketing, Restaurants, Spring 2015, Technology 22 comments

By: Rachel DeSimone Photography: Kristen Tieg Formal restaurant reviews made their debut back in 1941 when Duncan Hines, known today for his boxed-cake mix, put out his first restaurant guidebook, Adventures in Good Eating. The intention was, “to guide travelers and protect them from eating poisonous food from unsanitary places,” according to his biography by […]

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Thoughts: Field Notes on the Future of Food

in Cooking, Health and Wellness, Restaurants, Trends, Winter 2015 25 comments

By: Nicco Muratore Tastes, purchasing and consuming habits, cooking methods, and customer expectations; they’re all changing. The farm-to-table trend is a growing trend and for some, it’s a demand when cooking at home or eating out. Dan Barber’s book, The Third Plate, Field Notes on the Future of Food, reflects on the history of thriving […]

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