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
The holidays are over, it’s cold, and it gets dark earlier every day. The winter blues are impacting 
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. Continue Reading
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.
because there are just too many unknown details. Plus, not for nothing, but some people are just outrageously picky and ignorant about how a restaurant really works. Anyway, I’ve had several discussions on this topic lately so I want to touch on it a bit today. Part of me wants to say “Screw Yelp, never use it,” but the realistic part of me has settled on “Go ahead and use Yelp, but make sure you’re being smart about it.”