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☆ Oracle blasts IBM and publicly offers to hire Linux engineers after Red Hat's latest controversial move
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

IBM's Red Hat has caused an uproar in the Linux community with its latest attempt to squash competitors like Oracle that offer clones of its flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux software. Oracle has also offered its own version of RHEL called Oracle Linux since 2006, and Oracle and Red Hat have had an antagonistic relationship ever since. And, because that new, you-shall-not-share provision violates the spirit of open source (and some question if it also violates open source licenses), there was a predictable backlash from open source advocates. The core of it — known as the kernel — is built by the Linux Foundation, a non-profit that is separate from Red Hat (although Red Hat supports the foundation). On Monday, Edward Screven, Oracle's top engineering leader, published a blog post with head of Oracle Linux development Wim Coekaerts slamming IBM.

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☆ Michelin starred hotels around the world, from Italy to Vietnam
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Chris Dwyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

Courtesy CoteArgentinian maestro Mauro Colagreco was the first ever non-French chef to earn three Michelin stars in France, at Mirazur on the famed French Riviera. Gastronomic restaurant Plénitude by chef Arnaud Donckele marked an extraordinary debut by being awarded the pinnacle of three Michelin stars just six months after opening. Since 2021, they have held three Michelin stars for their cuisine, which celebrates peerless produce from their sustainable farm just seven miles away. Lung King Heen, Four Seasons Hong KongLung King Heen was the first Chinese restaurant to hold three Michelin stars. Capella Hotels & ResortsFinally to Vietnam, where Michelin published its first ever guide in June 2023.

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☆ Netflix is opening its first-ever restaurant featuring food from 'Chef's Table' and 'Iron Chef' stars
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

After getting hundreds of millions of people hooked on binge watching TV, Netflix's next move is to get them to binge on some food. The streaming service is opening Netflix Bites this month, an "elevated dining experience" in Los Angeles that features chefs who star in popular Netflix shows like "Chef's Table" and Nailed It!" The limited time pop-up will see chefs including Curtis Stone, Rodney Scott and Nadiya Hussain come together to create a tasting menu which Netflix says will give "fans and foodies alike a one-of-a-kind restaurant experience." "From episode to entrée, with Netflix Bites we are creating an in-person experience where fans can immerse themselves in their favorite food shows," Netflix VP of consumer products Josh Simon said in a statement.

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☆ This AI-generated ad for a fake pizza restaurant shows the tech still has a long way to go
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Reddit user posted a pizza ad he made using AI tools like ChatGPT Plus and Midjourney. The ad is for a fake pizza restaurant called "Pepperoni Hug Spot," and shows "people" eating pizza. Well unsurprisingly, the ad for a fake pizza restaurant called "Pepperoni Hug Spot" is not real — it's all AI-generated. The fake pizza restaurant ad was created by a Reddit user named PizzaLater, and was posted to the Midjourney Reddit page. "Our chefs make pizza with heart and special touch," the ad says, not too far off something a normal pizza ad would say.

☆ Bill Gates' daughter reportedly paid $51 million for this NYC penthouse—it comes with 3,400 square feet of outdoor space
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bill Gates' eldest daughter, Jennifer Gates, might now be calling a $51 million New York City penthouse home. 443 Greenwich Street is known for being home to other celebrities like Meg Ryan, and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynold. The penthouse apartment is 8,900 square feet and has a 3,400 square-foot outdoor space with a plunge pool. Gates' penthouse apartment is 8,900 square feet and has a 3,400 square-foot outdoor space. 443 Greenwich Street was designed with an indoor courtyard, which is rare for buildings in New York City.

☆ Fact Check-Ainsley Harriott sausage product with curse word is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image showing British celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott-branded sausage packaging carrying an inflammatory pun is fabricated and there is no evidence it was sold in Ireland. Online accounts share the chef's purported "special recipe sausages" in red packaging with the slogan in white text (here). Reuters found no evidence the product was sold in supermarkets. Photos of packages of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s sausages have also surfaced online with the same satirical slogan superimposed (here). The image of Ainsley Harriott-branded sausages is fake, according to the chef’s representative.

☆ Top Wall Street analysts expect these stocks to thrive despite macro pressures
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

To help with the process, here are five stocks chosen by Wall Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their track records. Drbul reiterated a buy rating on Walmart and a price target of $165. He reiterated a buy rating and increased his price target to $175 from $155. Following the fourth-quarter results, BTIG analyst Peter Saleh reiterated a buy rating and "Top Pick" designation on CHEF, with a price target of $48. Power maintained a buy rating on Datadog and a $100 price target.

☆ Mexico City restaurant plans Super Bowl party as NFL marketing pays off
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Angelica Medina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, Feb 11 (Reuters) - As the United States gears up for the Super Bowl on Sunday, one Texan restaurant in Mexico City is looking to offer patrons an authentic American experience with a party that promises a stadium-like atmosphere in a renovated warehouse. "There's a lot more that unites us than what divides us, we want to celebrate that," Defossey said, and on Sunday he hopes to unite people with the complete Super Bowl experience including barbecue and beer. Defossey's annual Super Bowl party will offer patrons authentic Texan barbecue food as they watch the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs. Mexico hosts the American Bowl exhibition game series which featured the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers playing in the capital. Reporting by Angelica Medina in Mexico City; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The art of the buffet: Cruise chef of two decades explains how ships feed thousands of passengers at sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Marco Goetz has worked on some of the world's largest cruise ships as an executive chef. "On land, your daily routines are more organized — you know what is coming," Goetz told Insider. The art of the buffetGuests are served food in the Marketplace buffet onboard the cruise ship MSC Virtuosa. Throughout the cruise, buffet options are adjusted in accordance with guests' nationalities, Goetz told Insider. But, cruise ship workers receive living quarters (most chefs have their own cabin) and meals for free.

☆ I used to work as a chef in Philadelphia. Here are the 12 restaurants I always recommend to first-time visitors.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Grace Kennedy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

I'm a Philadelphia native who used to work as a chef and baker in restaurants around the city. Philadelphia is known for its cheesesteaks, but it also has great Mexican, Italian, and Thai food. There are too many restaurants in Philadelphia worth trying to list them all here. However, these 12 restaurants are my tried-and-true favorites that every first-time visitor should try during a trip to Philadelphia. In my opinion, it serves some of the best Thai food in the country.

☆ How much a cat influencer with 238K TikTok followers made last year and how her owner built the business
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

According to Wade, who runs the TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube accounts for her "cat chef" called Princess Honeybelle, a lot of pet creators don't try to get paid for their content. Honey now has over 238,000 TikTok followers, 157,000 Instagram followers, and 1,300 YouTube subscribers. While Honey's followers were growing and her cat account was verified on Instagram, Wade had to figure out how much her content was worth. "We did a bit of research and reached out with other creators, and found out that we were really, really undercharging," Wade said. She charges extra for brand exclusivity, video posts and photo posts, story posts, and for sponsored posts to be pinned or added to her account highlights.

☆ A map shows the most popular Christmas dishes around the world
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

To see who's eating what this weekend, the culinary website Chef's Pencil created a map showing what it says are the most popular Christmas dishes around the world. Those headed to parts of South America can too — the map shows turkey is a top Christmas food in Brazil, Chile and Peru. Source: Chef's PencilItalians traditionally eat veal, while Rwandans grill both beef and goat for Christmas, the map shows. Carp, a freshwater fish, is popular in Central and Eastern Europe, while saltwater cod tops holiday menus in Italy and Portugal, the map shows. In a post about Christmas in Portugal, the travel website Portuguese for a Day states, "Christmas is not Christmas without codfish on the table!"

☆ It's the most wonderful time of the year: PE giants Blackstone and Apollo just dropped their holiday videos with starring roles for their billionaire CEOs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Private-equity giants Blackstone and Apollo released their holiday-themed videos on Thursday. In Apollo's, employees are chefs and cook up a holiday meal for the firm at the CEO's request. So it goes in the world of private-equity firms' holiday videos, where straight-laced investors and billionaire chief executives get very into their starring roles and the jokes are a little on the nose. The secret thing that makes Blackstone, Blackstone," he responds. Finally, as he puts on a Santa hat, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman says the secret is the great people they hire.

☆ Ralph Fiennes cooks up culinary heaven and hell in 'The Menu'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Cast member Ralph Fiennes arrives at the world premiere for the film 'The King's Man' at Leicester Square in London, Britain December 6, 2021. The two are part of a select group of 12 who have paid a small fortune to dine at the restaurant run by the celebrated American chef Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). Unbeknownst to his wealthy guests, Slowik and his team of robot-like professionals have planned a one-off menu with some unexpected ingredients especially for them. "This story for me is about privilege for privileges' sake or pretentiousness for pretentiousness' sake," Taylor-Joy told Reuters at the film's London premiere on Wednesday. "If you're not enjoying yourself and if you're not enjoying life, then what are you really doing?

☆ Wealthy people are splurging on bucket-list trips, flying to the Arctic Circle for private-chef-catered meals, renting out African safari lodges, and spending $300,000 for a half-hour opera serenade
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Hard-to-access places like the Arctic Circle and Galapagos Islands are bucket-list travel hot spots. These well-off wanderlusters have helped create a travel-industry boom, with pent-up demand pushing bucket-list travel into this year's shoulder seasons. American Express Travel's 2022 Global Travel Trends report, which used polling data collected in early February 2022, confirms the move toward bucket-list travel this year. Quality time with loved ones matters above allBut not all bucket-list travel experiences need to be in far-flung corners of the world. Finnegan said traveling with his family made it a bucket-list trip.

☆ Disney World fans complain of $625 bills for meals at Victoria & Albert's restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Disney World's Victoria & Albert's restaurant has significantly hiked prices since reopening in July. The tasting menu at the restaurant's Chef's Table experience costs $425, plus $200 for wine. Victoria & Albert's is located in the Disney Grand Floridian Resort and is one of the most upmarket Disney restaurants. The restaurant offers three dining experiences, The Dining Room, the Chef's Table, and the Queen Victoria Room. The Chef's Table tasting menu, which cost $350 per person before the pandemic, now costs $425 per person, per the Disney Food blog.

☆ Meet the chef who wants to change our diets one bug at a time
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-23 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York City-based chef Joseph Yoon started cooking insects four years ago for an art project. He now wants to change our perceptions of creepy crawlies so that we can have “delicious,” “nutrient-dense,” and “sustainable” insect diets. “I absolutely love insects,” says Yoon, who is the executive director of Brooklyn Bugs, an organization that promotes edible insects. An edible insect farm, Next Millennium Farms, opened in Canada in 2014. Incorporating edible insects into your diet once a week can make a big difference.”

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☆ I thought I wanted to buy a 'dream home' but had to settle for an 'OK home' in this wild market — and I couldn't be happier about it
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( Olivia Christensen | Stephanie Hallett | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Now, our low monthly mortgage payment means we can live the life we want. We could spend $360,000 on our dream house, and that was pushing it. In other words, there was no such thing as a dream house I didn't design myself, even at the very top of our budget. Not only could we afford the house, but we could also afford a pool, a patio, and a third bathroom. A vision began forming in my mind: I could see our dream house, but I could see something else, too — I could see our dream life.

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☆ I attended an exclusive dinner and discussion for Amex Platinum cardholders with one of the best chefs in the world — here’s what the once-in-a-lifetime experience was like
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-01 | by ( David Slotnick | Senior Reporter | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

One of the perks that comes with The Platinum Card® from American Express is access to exclusive events and dining reservations via the By Invitation Only program. In 2017, Amex doubled down on this by relaunching its famed Platinum Card. Facing fierce competition in the premium space from JP Morgan's Chase Sapphire Reserve rewards credit card, American Express boosted its travel and experience platforms. "Now in 2018, we see that our Platinum card members are passionate about travel, entertainment, superior service, and have evolved in how they undertake that." I've written before about how the Amex Platinum Card offers a ton of value, easily enough to outweigh its annual fee.

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