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Your Table Is Ready: Reopening New York City Food and Hospitality, featuring Amanda Cohen, Russell Jackson, Jonathan Tisch, and Corby Kummer Event information Contact The COVID-19 pandemic hit the food industry hard, affecting every aspect of food services from restaurant owners and workers to caterers, food banks, hotels, and schools. We invite you to a conversation with two New York City restaurant owner-chefs who helped not only their own staff but the national restaurant industry navigate the pandemic— Amanda Cohen, of Dirt Candy, and Russell Jackson, of Reverence. They are joined by ...

Diners eat lunch and have a few drinks at The Fours near North Station on the first day restaurants were allowed to serve patrons on their premises outdoors following the pandemic shutdown in 2020. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) As vaccination rates rise and the country reopens, diners are returning to restaurants in record numbers. But what can restaurants and diners do to remain safe? And how do the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new mask guidelines mesh with the restaurant industry? Well, Colorado's Aspen Institute is on it. They've released comprehensive guidelines for owners and eaters...

As restrictions fall away, operators weigh safety and economic risks of easing mask and physical distancing policies After federal health officials on Thursday gave vaccinated people a green light to ditch their face masks and sit closer together, restaurant operators were left with some difficult decisions to make. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance to say vaccinated people in most settings no longer have to wear masks or remain socially distant, unless required by regulators.  The guidance comes as the vaccines, now widely available, have proven to be...

Giving Restaurant Workers a Seat at the Table May 7, 2021  • David K. Gibson Restaurant workers have been hit hard by COVID-19 and the associated upheaval. According to a National Restaurant Association survey, two-thirds of workers had lost their jobs by April 2020, just two months into the pandemic. As the advocacy organization One Fair Wage notes, the industry includes seven of the 10 lowest-paying jobs in the country, and its workers are three times likelier to live in poverty than the rest of the US workforce. Restaurant workers are among those with the least access to health care, o...

HomeFront: Oscar picks, Ed Helms x 2, ‘Romeo & Juliet’ By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated April 23, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Email to a Friend Director Chloe Zhao with actress Frances McDormand on the set of "Nomadland." The film is the one to beat at this year's Oscars.Searchlight Pictures via AP Welcome once again to HomeFront, where those of us in the limbo between vaccine shots have our noses pressed up against the window like a restless dog in the back of a minivan. We still need ways to stay entertained indoors, and the Globe’s experts have a slew of suggestions. FILM: S...