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1 month ago | nytimes.com | Priya Krishna

There are few customers Conor Proft appreciates more than people who eat alone. A bartender at the Italian restaurant Fausto, in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, he said the solo diners he serves tend to be more engaged and willing to chat. They are self-aware and more attuned to the restaurant's rhythms. But does Mr. Proft dine alone? Rarely. "I love the romantic ideal of going into a restaurant and sitting at the bar and striking up a conversation with a bartender," he said.

1 month ago | npr.org | Glen Weldon |Danielle Kurtzleben |Priya Krishna |Liz Metzger |Mike Katzif |Jessica Reedy

'Severance' delivers woe, dread, malice and even a tiny bit of frolic Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1241163685/1268270748" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Adam Scott in Severance. Apple TV+ hide caption toggle caption Apple TV+ Adam Scott in Severance.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Priya Krishna

As a young pastry cook at Eleven Madison Park, Genie Kwon grew accustomed to a kitchen tradition: Every time the chef shouted out an order, the other cooks responded in unison, "Oui, chef!"Or as you may have heard it on the FX show "The Bear": "Yes, chef!"For a long time, Ms. Kwon, who co-owns the Filipino restaurant Kasama in Chicago, associated the phrase with the unyielding hierarchy of the kitchen at Eleven Madison Park, known for its exacting vision of fine dining.

2 months ago | myheraldreview.com | Priya Krishna

Kathleen Ehl had always thought of her business as a niche affair — an online store called North Georgia Outdoors Supply that she and her husband run out of their home in Gainesville, selling Meals, Ready-to-Eat. But last February, when pandemic-induced panic buying kicked into high gear, their orders jumped from 100 a week to 100 a day. “There were some nights my husband and I packed MREs from after the kids went to bed to 2 in the morning,” said Ehl, 37.

2 months ago | businessandamerica.com | Priya Krishna

This winter, Denver has faced record-breaking Arctic blasts — below-zero temperatures, heavy snowfalls and brutal wind chills. But at Barolo Grill, a longtime Italian fixture in the affluent Cherry Creek neighborhood, the mood is warm. The restaurant has just logged its most lucrative January and February since it opened in 1992. “It is actually a bit bewildering,” said the owner, Ryan Fletter.