Clips
Clips from freelance writer Amanda Baltazar
Here are some of the most recent clips from freelance writer Amanda Baltazar. After 20+ years of writing for trade magazines, she has written thousands of articles. For a more diverse range, including some consumer publication stories, see the links at the bottom.
On the first weekend of the new year, The Mayfair Supper Club opened its doors within the Bellagio resort and casino on Las Vegas’s famed Strip. In a city of high rollers and glitzy spectacle, restaurant debuts aren’t typically a noteworthy occasion. But The Mayfair Supper Club is an altogether different affair.
Amanda Baltazar
In 2014, Sahil Rahman and his childhood friend Rahul Vinod quit their jobs in New York City, moved back in with their parents, and started working on a plan to open their own restaurant.
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Containers and packaging constitute 30% of all waste, per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the large amount that isn’t recycled is dumped into landfills or is incinerated, leaving behind noxious air pollution. It’s a compounded problem that continues to mount, with forecasts predicting that the amount of plastic will increase fourfold by 2050.
Amanda Baltazar
Restaurants, Food, Foodservice
restaurant development + design
the psychology of color
September 2021
The colors you use in your restaurant have a huge impact on how guests behave, how long they stay and what they buy.
FSR Magazine
Inside The Cheesecake Factory’s New Restaurant Empire
January 2020
What does the future look like for the casual giant and fox restaurant concepts after their blockbuster merger — and what does it mean for the industry?
QSR Magazine
THE ART OF RUNNING MULTIPLE CONCEPTS OUT OF ONE KITCHEN
June 2021
Operators are reaping profits by operating several ghost kitchens out of their establishments.
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies
Functional by design: WAREWASHING
January 2021
Getting foodservice dish rooms right leads to better food safety and more efficient kitchens.
Restaurant Development + Design
designing an inclusive restaurant
January 2021
How to design a restaurant that is welcoming to all.
Restaurant Development + Design
Non-traditional restaurant development
January 2021
In a year that was like no other for restaurants, many have opted to expand in unexpected ways.
Specialty Food Magazine
AMP Food Hall: Incubator space
September 2021
New venue in Indianapolis aims to give start-up food and beverage companies a chance in retail.
FoodService Director
mark freeman makes his mark at linkedIn
August 2021
Industry veteran plans to bring change and innnovation to tech firm.
Nightclub & Bar
Natural Wines: Selling, naturally
December 2019
8ARM Wine opened this September in Atlanta, serving only natural wines.
Retail
Winsight Grocery Business
pet sales are a treat for grocers
January 2021
Consumers spending more time at home are buying more treats and toys for their four-legged friends.
Winsight Grocery Business
natural health and beauty products gain ground
July 2021
Consumers are increasingly looking for products without toxic ingredients.
Vows magazine
Check Out In Style
September 2019
When customers check out at Coreena’s Bridal Boutique in College Station, Texas, they are greeted by a wall of shimmering silver sequins, which closes out the bridal shopping experience with pizzazz.
Sustainability
Winsight Grocery Business
The Future of Packaging: Tackling Plastic’s Plight
January 2020
CPG leaders are marshaling resources amid heightened scrutiny in a no-waste world.
FoodService Director magazine
sustainable packaging back on track
April 2021
Foodservice operators are returning to sustainable packaging after a year upended by Covid.
QSR magazine
SINGled Out
May 2020
Restaurants are starting to seriously consider single-use plastics
Specialty Food Magazine
brands indicate carbon footprint on packaging
July 2020
Greenhouse gas emission numbers help consumers make choices.
Consumer
Parents
Lost in translation
July 2014
How I learned to speak like an American mom, one baby step at a time.
The Star
Lying your way through dinner and dessert
November 2008
Newport, Ore.–”I have been featured in Playboy, spent hours in the dungeon of a dominatrix and met my husband while posing naked in New Zealand.”
Independent
Trail of the unexpected: Lyon’s Answer to Punch and Judy
June 2008
Extreme violence and misogyny are the last things you’d expect to find on a holiday in France, but that’s what you get a dose of in the puppet shows of Lyon.
The Guardian
Fire: the latest must-have ingredient in California restaurant kitchens
October 2015
Restaurant chefs are using fire to create knockout dishes at high-end eateries, but you can achieve the same sparks at home, too.
June 2021