Wait a minute. Did we say forget Top Chef? Let’s give credit where credit is due. Season Number Three of this Bravo show is currently shooting in Miami, and its success has created the demand for more restaurant...
Life is sweet when you’re a high-profile chef/restaurateur like Wolfgang Puck. But it can’t be much fun when you are singled out by animal rights group Farm Sanctuary as he was. The website www.wolfgangpuckcruelty.com...
U.S. Commerce Sec. Carlos Gutierrez announced the proposal at the Boston International Seafood Show earlier this week. It comes in the form of proposed federal legislation that would allow seafood farming in federal...
Atkins Nutritionals announced that it was changing gears the day it emerged from Chapter 11 on Jan. 10, 2006. No longer was it in the business of "educating the population about the benefits of controlled carbohydrate...
CSPI kicked off its campaign to make nutritional labeling mandatory on full-service menus at a press event showcasing a mythical meal made up of items from full-service restaurants. Jacobson displayed a Pizza Skins...
Chodorow’s Kobe Club is a pricey steakhouse that features Australian, American and Japanese Kobe and/or Wagyu beef on its menu. Its high-rent location on W. 58th St. in midtown Manhattan was formerly the site of...
We like the research that comes from San Clemente, CA-based Sandelman & Associates for one key reason: its methodology. As it has done quarterly since 1988, the firm uses telephone surveys to quiz restaurant customers...
Then-New York Times food critic Claiborne didn’t personally pay the $4,000 tab on his legendary meal at St. Denis in Paris; American Express did. The credit card company had donated a dinner for two at any restaurant...
MAXED OUT : At Perbacco, chef Staffan Terje's kitchen has been busy from Day One. HANDS ON : Owner Umberto Gibin runs the front of the house at Perbacco. STREET BEAT : High profile restaurant neighbors...
The United States produces the world’s largest corn crop, and is also the largest grower and exporter of soybeans. Yet world dominance in commodity crops hasn’t necessarily meant prosperity for the farmers who produce...
