Photo via Flickr member usdagov Food safety isn’t the most glamorous part of cooking. No, the glamour is reserved for the stuff that looks good on social media: glistening cuts of perfectly cooked meat, gooey cheese on pizzas, and cakes just out of the oven. But food safety is not only of equal, but greaterFIND OUT MORE |

Photo via Flickr member licensetoveg Fun fact: 20% of all dogs named “Kale” reside in Seattle. I used to live in Seattle, but I didn’t have a dog named Kale, and I certainly didn’t eat the stuff, figuring it was a food for aging hippies or strict vegans. But I have come to see theFIND OUT MORE |

You may have life insurance. You may have car insurance. You may have home insurance. Even so, we can guarantee that you will be brushing up on your insurance knowledge when you open a restaurant. It may not be quite as fun as say, planning your menu, but it is certainly important. And now thatFIND OUT MORE |

I grew up in the South, and something that was always at my churches dinner parties was chicken parmesan. Several women had to help with that dish, because everyone wanted some. My grandmother was one of those women and we were spoiled with the best chicken Parmesan long after we switched churches. It is aFIND OUT MORE |

Photo via Flickr member saaleha When it comes to brownies, just about everyone will agree that they are great. But few people will agree on what makes them great. There are endless preferences which play into people’s definition of a great brownie: is it cakey, chewy, or fudgy? With nuts or without? Is icing orFIND OUT MORE |

Sustainability is becoming more and more important in the restaurant world. People want to know more and more about the origin of their food and to keep them in your restaurant and out of their own kitchen, you have to have some transparency. Even Chipotle restaurant is trying to use organic ingredients whenever possible. ToFIND OUT MORE |

Photo via Flickr member johnnystiletto I’ll just come out and say it: I grew up in a bland pork chop zone. My mother has many talents, but making perfect pork chops was not one of them: her creations tended toward dry, stringy, and flavorless. But I don’t think it’s her fault: it’s more a resultFIND OUT MORE |

If you have the dream of opening a restaurant, you may feel that nothing can hold you back. Even those staggering statistics that are not in your favor. The whole “60% will close in the first three years of business” thing. (Oh, that.) Beth Casey, restaurant owner and manager says that you have to qualifyFIND OUT MORE |

Photo via Flickr member Christina Claßen I was a fan of dried fruit from a very young age. Of course, at that time my tastes ran to the super sweet: fruit that was flat and rolled up in a tight snack pack. As I got older and wiser, my tastes became more mature, and myFIND OUT MORE |

Artisan cheese is handmade in small batches that are given plenty of care and attention. As a result, artisan cheese typically has more complex and greater variety of flavors. Artisan cheese can come from any type of milk such as cow and sheep to goat and buffalo. Different regions of the world have mastered different types ofFIND OUT MORE |