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  • Kitchen Confidential By Anthony Bourdain (If He Had Been A Server Instead Of A Filthy Line Cook)

    In every full-service restaurant there are two worlds: the Front of House…made up of servers and bartenders, and the Back of House…made up of cooks and dishwashers (with bussers and hostesses existing in the mist between). The difference between these clans?  Mainly, if you bathe yourself before coming to work, you are FOH.  If you…

  • Restaurant Secrets: REVEALED!!! “Serve From The Left, Clear From The Right”

    SERVE FROM THE LEFT, CLEAR FROM THE RIGHT If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant of any kind you have undoubtedly heard of the policy, “serve from the left, clear from the right”.  The idea is that you place things in front of a guest from their left side and remove things from their right,…

  • That Dull, Familiar Ache

    “Oh, you’re a sommelier?  That is SO COOL!!!!  The servant’s entrance is around back.” Even if my job didn’t have a fancy-sounding French name, it would still be a cool job.  Getting paid to be a specialist in wine and spirits?  Yeah, there are way worse gigs…I know, I’ve had some epic ones.  I once…

  • I Rode My Motorcycle Through Hell (And Also A Few Other States)

    Two-thousand eight miles.  That was the distance between my past and my future…between where I was and where I belonged…between Nashville and Los Angeles.  This is the record of my ride. <cue “Law And Order” GUNG-gung sound> Nashville, Tennessee to Fort Smith, Arkansas fort smith, Arkansas to ______, New mexico. Meh, New mexico to Flagstaff,…