Food Business

Do you like a corn dog? This book is about my childhood memories.

In this practical guide, you will discover how mushrooms develop, cultivation techniques, ideal soil and climatic conditions, the best species to grow at home, and the exceptional health benefits of some varieties. Not many know how easy it is to grow tasty mushrooms independently in their own homes. Most people prefer to buy mushrooms of dubious origin in shopping malls rather than organically self-producing the healthiest and tastiest species.

Certain businesses are legendary, exerting immense influence in their field. Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is one of those places. Over the years, the flagship deli has expanded into a community of more than a dozen businesses, including a wildly successful mail order operation, restaurants, bakery, coffee roastery, creamery, candy maker, and events space—transforming Ann Arbor into a destination for food lovers.

In his lively, unprecedented close-up portrait of Ferran Adrià, award-winning food writer Colman Andrews traces this groundbreaking chef’s rise from resort hotel dishwasher to culinary deity, and the evolution of El Bulli from a German-owned beach bar into the establishment voted annually by an international jury to be “the world’s best restaurant”.

In 2005, Ed Levine was a freelance food writer with an unlikely dream: to control his own fate and create a different kind of food publication. He wanted to unearth the world's best bagels, the best burgers, the best hot dogs - the best of everything edible. To build something for people like him who took everything edible seriously, from the tasting menu at Per Se and omakase feasts at Nobu down to mass-market candy, fast food burgers, and instant ramen.

In Non-Food Franchising, Jon Ostenson, CEO of FranBridge Consulting and a top 1% consultant/broker nationally, explores the variety of sectors and shows that there has never been a better time to invest.

Starting your own distillery can be a tremendously rewarding venture, allowing you to transform your passion for spirits into a thriving business. However, the path to becoming a successful distillery owner is riddled with challenges—complex regulations, significant startup costs, and mastering the art of distillation are just the beginning. Crafting Spirits from Scratch is a detailed guide designed to help aspiring distillery owners navigate these obstacles successfully.

Opening a restaurant is a dream job for many entrepreneurs with a passion for food. A restaurant business is not easy to set up, and it can be tempting to let different factors hold you back from starting the business. Foodservice is a highly dense industry with many niches to venture into and a constant demand. If you think a restaurant business is right for you, now is the time to do it! Starting a restaurant isn't easy. From your concept and niche to food preparation and customer service, there is a lot of planning to run a restaurant. Many new restaurants end up failing within a year of...

Most any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry’s largest players has long been scrutinized and gutted, characterized as impersonal, greedy, corporate, and worse. But, in unexpected ways, fast food is also deeply personal and emblematic of a larger-than-life image of America.

Over the past several years, Hardwick, Vermont, a typical hardscrabble farming community of three thousand residents, has jump-started its economy and redefined its self-image through a local, self-sustaining food system unlike anything else in America.

Burn the Place is a galvanizing culinary memoir that chronicles Iliana Regan's journey from foraging on the family farm to opening her Michelin-starred restaurant. Her story is alive with startling imagery, raw like that first bite of wild onion, and told with uncommon emotional power. Regan grew up the youngest of four headstrong girls on a small farm in Indiana. Regan often felt that she "wasn't made for this world." She was a little girl who longed to be a boy, gay in an intolerant community, an alcoholic before she turned 20, a woman in an industry dominated by men.

Gallo Be Thy Name is the portrait of an American dynasty that rose from hardscrabble poverty in the early 1900s to become the most successful wine company in the world through toil, cunning, and crime. From selling Dago Red to Al Capone during Prohibition to conquering America's wine market with such plonk as Thunderbird and Ripple, and from the Great Depression to the roiling farm labor movements of the 60s and 70s, the Gallos rode the turbulent currents of history to triumph, with iconic brothers Ernest and Julio steering the ship.

Mastering TabShop for Small Business Success This book is a complete and practical guide for entrepreneurs and small business owners looking to take control of their sales, inventory, and customer management using TabShop, the flexible mobile Point-of-Sale (POS) system. From the first steps of setting up your store to more advanced techniques like synchronizing data with Google Sheets or connecting to WooCommerce, the book walks you through how to build a professional, efficient, and scalable POS system entirely from your tablet or smartphone. The journey begins with an introduction to ...

Imagine having the knowledge to start your business and live the hassle-free all-American lifestyle of independence, prosperity, and peace of mind. You have the right to restore a culture of the can-do spirit and enjoy the financial security you and your family deserve. People are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Get the knowledge you need to start living your business dreams!

Essays to entertain smart people, without excessive effort Entertaining, bite sized essays on business, fashion, science, words, and other caffenation derived topics This tiny book includes random essays from history, philosophy, business and science. Bill Yarberry, CPA, chemist, statistician, auditor, history buff, and curious person, explores topics ranging from loud shoes to captain obvious. Get new and powerful ideas by reading across multiple disciplines. Tiny Brain Snacks boosts your thinking skills by enhancing long-term neural potentiation growth via novel ideas. In other words, ...

If you have always dreamt of allowing people to taste the delicacies that you cook but don’t want to invest a fortune in doing so, then a food truck business is exactly what you need, and this book will guide you from the ground level. In book two, you will have all the essential tools you need at your disposal so that you know what to do and whom to contact in case some legal issues arise or how to make your customers aware of your business. The purpose of this book is to let you know of your probable mistakes so that you don’t make those common mistakes.

One of the most popular side-hustles in America today is street vending. Anything from little trinkets to food is sold on the street. With a relatively small investment you could be the next restaurant chain. Learn how to set up and run a street hot dog vending service and be amazed at just how much money you can make delivering something that everyone craves.

How would you like to double or even triple the amount of money you make in tips as a food server? If you are a waiter or waitress, these simple-to-follow suggestions will increase the amount of money you make in tips - guaranteed. Wouldn't you like to know the most important things to pay attention to when you are waiting on your guests? Wouldn't you like to know the things that will have negative effects on the amount of money you make in a shift?

Based on extensive archival research as well as interviews with the movement's key players going back to the 1960s, this acclaimed book is the most comprehensive chronicle yet of one of the most interesting and lucrative culinary trends in the US since World War II. Acitelli weaves the story of the rise of American craft beer into the tales of trends like Slow Food and the rebirth of America's urban areas, and paints an unforgettable portrait of plucky entrepreneurial triumph.

Whether your dream is to escape the rat race, create enough income to justify that Disneyworld vacation every year with your kids, or earn a five-figure monthly income with little to no management, Ice Cream Is for Winners is the blueprint. Stephen went from filing chapter 7 bankruptcy to building a six-figure residual income. After losing his portfolio of residual income he had built for several years up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, he was dependent on food stamps to feed his wife and kids. Follow Stephen as his journey unfolds in real time.