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Baby Changing Tables Coming to a Men’s Room Near You

Sometimes it takes a celebrity to bring to light a topic that we’ve always just dealt with, but have never really been discussed on a national level. Back in May 2015, Ashton Kutcher made his frustrations known when he lamented being unable to change baby daughter Wyatt’s diaper when he …

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Win a KitchenAid Commercial Mixer in Our Fall Back Into Baking Contest!

KitchenAid is an industry giant behind its iconic mixers—and with good reason. These powerhouses can help you churn out practically everything in the kitchen. From now until October 28th, you’ll have the chance to win your very own KitchenAid® Commercial 8-Quart Stand Mixer in the highly popular color of Empire Red. …

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Tackling Food Waste: Boulder Food Rescue

If you could bottle the sun and take it as a daily supplement, you might just harness some of the radiance that Lindsey Loberg, Program Director of Boulder Food Rescue, exudes to everyone she meets. I meet Loberg early Thursday morning on one of her shifts, which are designated pickup …

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Mandala Infusion: Authentic Tibetan Cuisine

There are those who open a restaurant because they have a passion for food. Others open a restaurant because they have a passion for their culture. And then there are those like Takla Armour, who come with a passion for both. Most of us know that opening a restaurant isn’t …

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Induction Cooking with Vollrath

Vollrath takes pride in offering innovative and energy efficient cooking solutions for restaurants worldwide.  Today, we’ll learn about the benefits of using a Vollrath induction range. In the kitchen, energy efficiency can be defined as the ratio between the energy that shows up on your gas or power bill and …

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How to Calculate Your Food Cost

If you’ve never worked in the restaurant industry before, you probably didn’t realize that owning a restaurant means you’re not only a cook, but you’re also Mr. (or Mrs.) Fix-It, a “hospitalian” and an accountant—all in one. The numbers are extremely important when it comes to owning and operating a …

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Are you EMV Compliant?

It was like the Y2K of 2015 – EMV compliance was coming in October, 2015. Required for credit card acquirers and processors, these new regulations were a huge step forward in protecting consumers against fraud. As a consumer, we heard about the changes coming, and went through the inconvenience of activating …

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Enter to Win! Chalk Chat Glassware Giveaway

Planning a wedding or beer pairing dinner? Chat it up at your next big event with trendy, new Chalk Chat glasses from Cardinal! Made to mimic a red, plastic party cup or a beer can, these Cardinal Chalk Chat Glasses make great conversation pieces—literally. Use chalk pens to write names, …

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Pasta Jay’s: A Boulder Icon

There are a few constants one may rely on when living in the city of Boulder: The city uncomfortably swells during the annual freshman move-in The lighted star that appears on the mountain during every holiday season The scores of people waiting for a table on the corner of Pasta …

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Water to Ice: Unraveling the Mystery Behind the Magic

We all took basic chemistry, but if you’re like me you probably didn’t retain much. In this series of investigative restaurant journalism we’ll take a closer look at the mini-miracles of day-to-day life. We’ll start with the magical transformation of water into ice, and then look into how a commercial …

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