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5 Tips for Ordering A Perfect Steak

Restaurants are as unique as the chefs in their kitchens. Our biggest challenge, dear steak lover, is to find one that suits our personal dining habits, expectations and yeah — most importantly — our taste buds! When you have a hankering for the perfect steak, remember these tips when you order:

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Tipping tips: A cheat sheet to leaving gratuities

To avoid having your waiter spit in your soup or your hair dresser wanting to cut something other than your hair, consider this tipping advice.

Perfect Picnic Menu: 50+ Make Ahead Picnic Recipes

What makes the perfect picnic menu? Make ahead picnic recipes, of course! Prepare the perfect picnic with these sandwiches, appetizers, salads, and more!

What Grooms Shouldn't Wear on Their Wedding Day

Here are three style don'ts for your man on the big day.

Top 10 Rules for Fine Dining

Have you ever been out for dinner and been confused by the number of knives and forks? Don't know what to do with that napkin? This is a list of the top 10

How to tell if restaurants are really serving organic food

With the explosion in popularity of organic food, it's no surprise restaurants want in.

Are You Ready to Run a Fine Dining Restaurant?

Create a fine dining atmosphere at your restaurant with attention to detail. Do you need tablecloths for fine dining?

Food Trivia Quiz: Are You a Fine Dining Expert?

How well do you know fine dining? Test your knowledge with this fun food trivia quiz.

Six fine dining mistakes to avoid

The atmosphere of a fine dining establishment is usually more elegant.

The Way To Save The Restaurant Industry? Put The Fast In Fine Dining.

Think of it as fine-dining CPR: You retain the high quality of food and the detail-driven level of hospitality, but ditch formality for counter service.

Fine dining’s trade secret? Hospitality

Is fine dining ready for a comeback?

There are a lot of smart people in the food world, but not many smarter than Ruth Reichl. So when she says formal fine dining is going to make a comeback, maybe it's a good idea to pay attention....

How one fine-dining restaurant is using NFTs

The Way To Save The Restaurant Industry? Put The Fast In Fine Dining.

Think of it as fine-dining CPR: You retain the high quality of food and the detail-driven level of hospitality, but ditch formality for counter service.

Could Zero-Waste Restaurants Be The Future Of Fine Dining?

"I think zero-waste is going to become a necessity in dining. It's only a matter of time."

What Even Is Fine Dining?

With the closing of Noma, people wonder where that stands.

Fine Dining Restaurants Keep Falling Apart. There’s Been a Surprising Fallout.

The No. 1 restaurant in the world is closing, and no one's happier than the people who created it.

Where to Find Fine Dining in LA

Perhaps it’s the miles of sparkling blue ocean, or the undisturbed sunshine that grants the City of Angels a uniquely