Rebecca McKinney
I was born a foodie. My dad is a chef, baker, and restaurant owner and my mom might as well be because she owns whatever kitchen she walks into. I grew up working in my family’s restaurant and bakery in Pawling, New York – McKinney and Doyle. I started behind the bakery counter at 12 years old after begging my parents to let me start working. At 16 I worked as a hostess. By 18 I was serving tables and training behind the bar where I then worked every other weekend throughout my college career. Even now, when I am visiting my family in New York, I help out where I’m needed. To make a long story short, the food and restaurant industry has been my life for as long as I can remember.
I wanted to create this blog for a few reasons. First and foremost, to share tips, tricks, and knowledge about the food and beverage industry in general but also to help people see a different side of the restaurant world. Every restaurant has a totally unique culture and world within it. I want to help open people’s eyes to more than how fast the service is or how easy or hard it is to secure a reservation.
So, thanks for stopping by! I welcome your ideas, input, and feedback and hope you enjoy!
Eat well & travel often,
Becky McKinney
I wanted to create this blog for a few reasons. First and foremost, to share tips, tricks, and knowledge about the food and beverage industry in general but also to help people see a different side of the restaurant world. Every restaurant has a totally unique culture and world within it. I want to help open people’s eyes to more than how fast the service is or how easy or hard it is to secure a reservation.
So, thanks for stopping by! I welcome your ideas, input, and feedback and hope you enjoy!
Eat well & travel often,
Becky McKinney
Latest posts by Rebecca McKinney (see all)
- Why Food Makes the Best Gift for a New Mom - April 12, 2023
- 5 Ingredients to Cook With This Spring - March 15, 2023
- 10 Reasons to Dine Out on Valentine’s Day - February 2, 2023
I have a love hate relationship with the grocery store, as I’m sure many of you do as well. It’s a pain in the butt to physically go there and shop (especially when it’s crowded), but grocery stores also offer a lot of convenient, ready to eat options for us to take home. While I am usually all about convenience, at some point it’s important to ask if that convenience is costing us too much money. I could probably come up with way more than five ways that the super market is ripping you off, but the list below is a solid start.Continue Reading
everybody and they’re a major drag. While I can’t do anything about the weather, I can help you beat the cloud that mid winter tends to cast over us and I can do so with tea. Don’t get me wrong, I’m an avid coffee drinker, but it’s amazing what a good cup of tea can do for our energy, mood, and productivity. 
weddings we’ve attended over the last few years and we realized how many really cool things that our loved ones have done on the big day. We’ve seen homemade photo-booths, full rooms devoted to foods from all over the world, incredible bands, engaging DJs, donut walls, and so much more. While we’ve had a blast attending all of the weddings we’ve been lucky enough to receive an invite to, I think it’s only natural that we always circle back to our own and what we wan that day to look like. Early on in our engagement we decided that come wedding day, we wanted our main focus to be on the food. I’m not going to give away any spoilers as to what we have planned for our nuptials next fall but I will share some of the unique ideas we came across during the planning process. So fellow foodie brides/grooms to be, this post is for you: Five Food Centric Ideas For Your Wedding.