An Insider's guide to restaurants, wine, spirits and culinary travel
glass half full: 9/26/2017
A roundup of the most interesting food, wine and spirits stories on the web (because even Al Gore, who invented it, doesn't have time to read them all)
Mario Batali is not a fan of the
minimum wage.
No surprise
there, since he also doesn’t believe in compensating servers for the tips they rightfully
earn, and has been on the paying end of a $5 million settlement at one of his
restaurants:
http://www.grubstreet.com/2017/09/mario-batali-comes-out-against-raising-the-minimum-wage.html
Convicted wine counterfeiter Rudy
Kurniawan loses second appeal against conviction.
My
grandmother was right: Everyone gets what they deserve.
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/09/kurniawan-loses-second-appeal-against-conviction/
The innovative Anheuser-Busch
immigration plan: Stay in Mexico and sell beer.
They advise
potential illegal immigrants that smuggling yourself into American can cost up
to $20,000, while you can open a beer store back home for $5,000.
Grand Theft Bourbon.
Finally, the
masterminds behind the Pappy Van Winkle heist are brought to justice:
It’s only money, after all.
Visiting
Dubai? Treat yourself to a $68 cup of coffee.
https://www.thedailymeal.com/drink/worlds-most-expensive-coffee-68-cup/092017
It’s high time we wished you a Happy
New Year.
A Canadian
Rabbi approves kosher pot for the High Holy Days:
https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/canadian-rabbi-approves-kosher-pot-time-high-holy-days/092017
