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Summer mornings for Linda Fondulas mean taking a walk, with her cat on a leash, to forage for wild blackberries near her home in Killington, Vt. The berries go to her husband, Ted Fondulas, chef-owner of Hemmingway’s restaurant, and...
DALLAS Nearly 2,000 people gathered Monday at a memorial service here to honor the life of casual-dining pioneer Norman Brinker. Such luminaries as Dallas businessman and onetime presidential candidate Ross Perot, Brinker International Inc...
LONDON Britain’s got exposed talent for Burger King. Burger King introduced on Monday its Flame beef-scented cologne in Britain with an advertising campaign starring a lightly draped Piers Morgan, a judge on the “Britain’s Got Talent”...
CHICAGO Jennifer Dodd, formerly senior director of operations for Dunkin’ Brands Inc., has landed in Chicago as U.S. divisional vice president for MyMenu, a home-meal replacement concept. Dodd is responsible for the development of MyMenu...
Backed by a showplace kitchen as suited to braising beef short ribs in the oven as it is to infusing artichoke consommé in a vacuum pouch, Tru is striding into its second decade as a fine-dining landmark grounded in tradition, yet open...
James “Chip” Ricker recently received a job offer in a late-night call, putting an end to his hunt for a general manager’s position and the need to start dipping into his 401(k) retirement fund to cover his family’s living expenses. An...
Toppers Pizza, which began life in Wisconsin college towns, has created a cultlike following that now is helping it expand. Many customers ate Toppers’ pies while in school or working for the concept, making pizzas or delivering them to dorms. The...
Daniel J. Kim, a former investment banker with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette in Los Angeles, was 30 years old when friends in South Korea approached him about the possibility of exporting their healthful frozen-yogurt concept, Red Mango, to the...
LAKE FOREST Calif. Del Taco has debuted a new Chicken Fajita Burrito limited-time offer that allows guests to customize the product by adding any two of four additional ingredients. Taking a page from fast-casual fresh Mexican concepts, the...
COSTA MESA Calif. Calling it “round three” in the ongoing chicken wars, El Pollo Loco this week is airing commercials in select markets pointing out an “unexpected ingredient” in rival KFC’s new grilled chicken: beef powder and rendered beef fat...