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- Anyone who is unsatisfied with their salary and looking for a career change should consider applying for a job with California fast-food favorite In-N-Out Burger. The chain’s managers, on average, take home an astounding $160,000 — which translates to 46,377 double-doubles — per year. That’s more than the average salaries of architects, lawyers, and software engineers in the Golden State.
- What makes a great pastry chef? It may be the same skill set that makes a great architect. There is a growing class of culinary professionals who have made the transition from designing buildings to designing immaculate desserts. “Having studied architecture, I can put together a plated dessert because I understand composition — the need for balance and a focal point,” Lisa Lu, former pastry chef at San Francisco dining institution Boulevard, tells the New York Times.
- Last year, Food Network superstar Ree Drummond, better known as the Pioneer Woman, opened the Mercantile, a titanic restaurant that serves around 6,000 people per day in the small town of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Because Pawhuska doesn’t really have lodging to accommodate this level of tourism, Drummond now plans to open her own hotel adjacent to the Merc.
- The people at Barstool Sports, a growing media brand that appeals to the lowest common denominator of male American sports fans, have acquired another $15 million in investment funding and want to launch their own brand of alcohol or a bar.
- What’s it like to be an employee at a maligned restaurant? Jill Bartolome, pastry chef at disgraced chef Paul Qui’s new establishment, shares some insight.
- Tech start-ups are trying to change the world with their bleeding fake meats that are meant to resemble the real thing, but do these products qualify as halal or kosher?
- Because we just can’t enjoy anything without it having a downside, California is considering cancer warning labels on coffee beverages.
- Celebrity chef/extremely good person José Andrés is once again doing good. His World Central Kitchen disaster relief team is aiding victims of the recent Montecito, California, mudslide.
- The Big Sick’s star/co-writer Kumail Nanjiani earned an Academy Award nomination, which means he lost a bet with fellow director/actor Edgar Wright and now has to eat a bowl of Brussels sprouts. Sounds like he won the bet, because Brussels sprouts are actually good.
- What is wrong with the men on the covers of Instant Pot cookbooks? Ever heard of personal space?
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— Mike, but Trying to Be Less Furious All The Time (@mikerugnetta) January 22, 2018
- Finally, if the Talking Heads recorded a song about breakfast sandwiches, it would probably sound like this.
