McDonald’s recently rolled out a new fryer that uses about 40 percent less cooking oil and 6 percent less energy than the high-efficiency fryers the chain already uses. Harrah’s Entertainment in Atlantic City...
There’s little haze in the minds of most consumers these days when it comes to purple-colored foods. They clearly perceive the brightly colored dishes as exotic, nutritional powerhouses. “A lot of people...
Chicago lawmakers recently welcomed restaurateurs to their city for the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show with excellent news. The City Council lifted the two-year-old ban on foie gras.This lifted...
Jon Luther, chairman and chief executive of Dunkin’ Brands Inc., regularly gets locked out of the corporate test kitchen he envisioned and built. The research and development team “actually...
It was a typical weekday morning, the rush hour in full swing, and Au Bon Pain operator Jim Miner stood front and center at the entrance of his new store in New York’s Penn Station, one of the city’s major...
Centuries ago, as traders crossed thousands of miles to secure spices and food products from faraway lands, they nurtured a desire for the exotic that is still strong today. “Globalization set sail on spice...
Chef Richard Rosendale of Rosendales in Columbus, Ohio, applies an extreme low-and-slow cooking method to lamb shoulder. He cooks four-pound shoulders confit style for 50 to 70 hours in vacuum-sealed bags with olive...
Five years ago chef Charles Phan sold about six orders of whole fish a night, and many were sent back at his Slanted Door restaurant in San Francisco. Now he sells about 23 whole fish an evening, and not...
Steaming’s status as a bland food preparation is evaporating as chefs embrace the moist-heat method as a way to highlight delicate flavors and diners seek it out for its healthful reputation.Although steaming does not...
Steaming’s status as a bland food preparation is evaporating as chefs embrace the moist-heat method as a way to highlight delicate flavors and diners seek it out for its healthful reputation.Although steaming does not...
