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Various audio-visual and tactile elements inform a dining experience, and designers like to push the envelope to create compelling restaurant atmospheres that sometimes overshadow the cuisine.But when it comes down to brass tacks or brass sconces...

As Hurricane Gustav churned toward the Texas Gulf Coast in August, Joseph V. Tortorice Jr. wasn’t sure whether it would hit his hometown of Beaumont, Texas. He was certain, however, that he was staying put. In his 59 years, Tortorice...

Ed Tinsley III, owner of the 19-unit K-Bob’s Steakhouse chain based in Santa Fe, N.M., is making a second attempt to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, running as the Republican nominee in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional...

Political analyst Charlie Cook wrapped up his pointed appraisal of the 2008 presidential election year topography with a quip that not everyone attending the National Restaurant Association’s Public Affairs Conference last month found particularly...

IN LESS THAN A MONTH AMERICANS WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS TO PUT TO AN END a presidential contest that has riveted citizens as surely as it has divided them. Given a nationwide financial crisis, ongoing warfare that has grown more unpopular and huge...