FROM THE EDITORS
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18 January 2024 at 06 : 08 AM
From the Editors
Happy New Year! That phrase packs a great deal of nuance and meaning when you peel away the mundane use of the expression. It’s not hard to understand what is meant by “New Year,” of course. It’s simply about the next 12 months; the next 52 weeks; the next 365 days. But the “happy” part, well, that’s a concept that deserves some ...
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22 December 2023 at 11 : 10 AM
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Santa Baby In the 1953 holiday hit, sultry songstress Eartha Kitt purred a wish list of extravagant gifts for the bearded old man to leave under her tree. As is custom, the December issue of Estiator is a big bag of holiday cheer created especially for you, dear reader. Of course, we haven’t got sables, yachts, or decorations from Tiffany for ...
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11 November 2023 at 15 : 10 PM
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A Cornucopia for You and for All Welcome to November, the kickoff month for the holiday season, with its abundance of turkeys, pumpkins, and native corn. The cornucopia, a symbol for abundance itself, is rooted in Greek myth, even if the word itself is derived from Latin. A basket in the shape of a goat’s horn, usually depicted with its ...
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10 October 2023 at 06 : 51 AM
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Days of Mulled Wine and Pumpkins Welcome to October, with its pumpkin spice, mulled wine, Halloween candy, ghosts, and goblins. This first full month of autumn calls for sweaters, crisp nights, and local lore rooted in hauntings, horrors, and hellish motives. But don’t worry, there’s nothing to be afraid about with the October issue of ...
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10 September 2023 at 06 : 12 AM
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Back to September Summer 2023 is a wrap. Vacations are over. School is in session. And families are settling back into their routines. For restaurant owners, this means that the year’s final stretch is underway, with three months left in the calendar year. It’s the time to start your holiday business planning (order those gift cards, market ...
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10 August 2023 at 04 : 12 AM
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Living in the Sunshine Happy August, dear readers! Maybe you’re on vacation and are catching up on this issue in September, or maybe you’re busy serving vacationers; either way, we hope this issue finds you well. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August, says American writer Jenny Han, and she may ...
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12 July 2023 at 11 : 35 AM
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Unalienable Ah, dear readers, July is upon us. The summer exodus has begun, barbecues are blazing, and there are fireworks in the sky. Where has half of 2023 gone? It seems that every year shrinks, giving us less time to accomplish what we’ve set ourselves to do. But the glass is half full, my fellow optimists, so let’s push hard in the second half to ...
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13 June 2023 at 14 : 13 PM
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What About June For those of us here in the Northern Hemisphere, June marks the beginning of summer, but it’s so much more. Named for the Roman goddess Juno, the month of June has got lots of meaning for lots of people. Within its 30 days are 24-hour blocks dedicated to a wide range of themes, including World Milk Day (yes, for the whole ...
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11 May 2023 at 13 : 26 PM
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Moms and May As this issue hits your mailbox, you’ll all be scrambling with last-minute preparations for Mother’s Day, the busiest day of the year for many restaurants. While we toil away the day, tending to the moms of friends, acquaintances, and even first-time customers, it’s important to pause and recognize the thousands of moms in our ...
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13 April 2023 at 16 : 48 PM
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Merry Christmas! No, that’s not a mistake, and no, we’re not serious. It just seems an appropriate greeting for an issue that falls in the same month as April Fool’s Day and Easter! So, now that we’ve established that the editorial and publishing staff at Estiator has a sense of humor, we recommend that you check out our new humor ...
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