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Menu Development 101
I often write about the importance of understanding the gears of business. Of knowing, fundamentally, how the gears of profitability work together. It is easy to know that a business works (you are either in the red, or in the
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The Dumpster: The Slow Cooker
Millions rushed out to buy an Instant Pot, this year’s hot kitchen gadget. Many were disappointed to discover the Instant Pot didn’t deliver that kind of pot. It didn’t even deliver instant. But it is a pot. You can bake
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Seasons Change
How a Dundee anchor and Countryside newcomer keep their menus dynamic and their guests coming back for more. The Christmas tree is down, the New Year’s ball has dropped and the Valentine’s roses are no more. The big holidays are
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Spring is in the Air: A Recipe for Carbonara
I don’t know about you, but one of the things I absolutely love about living in the Midwest is the vivid and dramatic contrast of the seasons we enjoy here in the Omaha area. Now, I realize some of you
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Supper Club: Chaima’s African Cuisine
The Supper Club is a part of Metropolitan Community College’s TriOmega Chapter at the Institute for the Culinary Arts. Each month the students travel to visit a dining establishment in this fine city. One can look around the campuses at
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The Myth of Fume’ Blanc
Pouilly-Fume’: Noun: An AOC established in France in 1937, composed of around 1,200 hectacres, and best known for producing Sauvignon Blanc. Sauvignon Blanc: Noun: A grape varietal originating in the Bordeaux region of France from which white wine is commonly
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Our Favorite Patios Around Omaha in 2018
With the break in the cold temperatures and spring making its appearance, patio season is now in full effect. The ability to enjoy beers and cocktails on a deck is, once again, ours for the taking. With that in
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The 1939 Nazi Diet at the Fontenelle Hotel Amber Room
The Fontenelle Hotel opened in 1915, the Blackstone in 1916. The two hotels and their restaurants competed as Omaha’s iconic images of gracious hospitality. On September 1, 1938 the nazis started their blitzkrieg assault of Poland. Warsaw surrendered on September
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From the Willamette Valley to Omaha: Illahe Vineyards
In 1983, Lowell Ford got his hands dirty planting grapes in the dirt of what would ultimately become Illahe Vineyards in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Taking advantage of the Missoula Floods, which some twelve thousand years earlier had rushed between the
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Farine + Four Opens Its Doors
The sun rises over Leavenworth Street every morning, streaming through Farine + Four, a daytime restaurant and bakery. Arriving at 4:30 a.m. isn’t always easy according to Ellie Pegler, the owner, who begins baking and prepping before the sun even
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