Asian Flavors
With the explosion of interest in Asian cuisine, more Americans are discovering that what they always thought was Chinese is actually an Americanized...
Asia To The Plate
It's the section of the globe bursting with coconut-crusted this, ginger-spiced that and fish eyeballs that stare up from the serving platter. Who isn't...
Asian Gracefully
Adding Asian flair to your menu can be as subtle as incorporating traditional Asian ingredients and flavors into your favorite recipes, or as dramatic...
Flavor Notes
Ingredients alone don't create the cuisine. What about plating presentations, flavor combinations, and the blend of textures and colors that have helped...
How Now, Brown Cacao
Being immersed in chocolate is what the 1971 movie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, is all about. Beth Kimmerle, author of Chocolate: The Sweet...
About Those Forward-Looking Statements…
Given the brutal casual dining operating environment they subsequently faced, we’re sure the top executives at 1,700-unit Darden Restaurants wish the timing of last August’s $1.19 billion purchase of LongHorn Steakhouse had been different. But you can’t expect them to foresee the future...
They’re Talented And Famous. Why Don’t They Have Better Jobs?
The fourth season of Bravo’s “Top Chef” reality show premiered Wednesday, with 16 contestants who hope to cook their way to fame and fortune. We hope that whoever prevails has a better ...
Think Small
A growing number of operators are finding that less is more. Less space means lower labor, rent and development costs and, if they can balance the smaller...
Generation Next
We already have a good idea about what skills the current crop of culinary school students will have when they start full-time restaurant work. But what...
A Big Punch for Menu Labeling
If you believe, as does Thomas Frieden, New York City health commissioner, that customers will flock to restaurants that list the nutritional content...
Savory Ingredients in Cocktails
Chefs, be forewarned. Your resident mixologists may well be raiding the walk-in searching for fresh ingredients to incorporate into their cocktails. High...
OBESITY: NEW YORK SAYS WATCH WHAT YOU EAT, NEW MEXICO SAYS TAKE A HIKE
Readers may be wondering: The New York City mandatory menu labeling regulation? Didnt a federal judge just shoot that one down? One did, late last fall....
Going for the Green
It’s no longer a question as to whether there is a trend toward “green” restaurants, sustainably raised local ingredients and the like. The discussion among many operators has moved on to how best to leverage this trend to maximize incremental revenue...
Tap Into Texting
We have to tip our hat to the people at Papa John’s. They’ve figured out how to engage a younger audience in a way that should not only really move the merchandise, but enable the company to build a valuable marketing database in the process...
A NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR ZAGAT
In mid-January, Zagat Survey founders Tim and Nina Zagat announced they had hired Wall Street dealmaker deluxe Goldman Sachs to find a strategic alternative...
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