Last night, on the advice of a friend, I watched the movie Beer Wars.
As our fans and listeners know, part of our mission at Into the Soup is to support chef driven restaurants and smaller, specialty food providers so that “dining doesn’t go the way of Wal-Mart.”
Beer Wars is about a portion of the food and beverage industry that is particularly difficult for the independent operator. Written, Directed and Produced by Anat Baron, a former executive who took on the beverage industry as CEO of Mike’s Hard Lemonade (and happens to be allergic to alcohol), Beer Wars describes the challenges faced by entrepreneurs as they work to get their superior products to market.
In the culinary world, “stud” means to insert flavor-enhancing or decorative edible items (such as whole cloves, slivered almonds or garlic slivers) partway into the surface of a food so that they protrude slightly. For example, hams are often studded with cloves. In the animal sciences and college, a good stud is hard to find and a good stud finder hard to handle.