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Good Morning, Beautiful Business By:Judy Wicks Published on 2013-03-07 by Chelsea Green Publishing It's not often that someone stumbles into entrepreneurship and ends up reviving a community and starting a national economic-reform movement. But that's what happened when, in 1983, Judy Wicks founded the White Dog Café on the first floor of her house on a row of Victorian brownstones in West Philadelphia. After helping to save her block from demolition, Judy grew what began as a tiny muffin shop into a 200-seat restaurant-one of the first to feature local, organic, and humane food. The restaurant blossomed into a regional hub for community, and a national powerhouse for modeling socially responsible business. Good Morning, Beautiful Business is a memoir about the evolution of an entrepreneur who would not only change her neighborhood, but would also change her world-helping communities far and wide create local living economies that value people and place as much as commerce and ...

Setting the Table By:Danny Meyer Published on 2009-10-13 by Harper Collins In October 1985, at age twenty-seven, Danny Meyer, with a good idea and scant experience, opened what would become one of New York City's most revered restaurants—Union Square Cafe. Little more than twenty years later, Danny is the CEO of one of the world's most dynamic restaurant organizations, which includes eleven unique dining establishments, each at the top of its game. How has he done it? How has he consistently beaten the odds and set the competitive bar in one of the toughest trades around? In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he's learned while developing the winning recipe for doing the business he calls |enlightened hospitality.| This innovative philosophy emphasizes putting the power of hospitality to work in a new and counterintuitive way: The first and most important application of hospitality is to the people who work for you, and then, in descending order of priority, to th...

A Toast to Bargain Wines By:George M. Taber Published on 2011-11-15 by Simon and Schuster Teaches how to choose wines based on personal preference, and explores how the bargain wine industry has thrived in today's challenged economy, drawing on sources to provide background information and top recommendations. This Book was ranked at 21 by Google Books for keyword James Beard Foundation Awards. Book ID of A Toast to Bargain Wines's Books is 9El2OjkFrPsC, Book which was written byGeorge M. Taberhave ETAG "H2fTtjCan9c" Book which was published by Simon and Schuster since 2011-11-15 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781439195185 and ISBN 10 Code is 1439195188 Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is false Book which have "311 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryBusiness and Economics This Book was rated by 1 Raters and have average rate at "4.0" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in ...