January, the month of New Year’s resolutions, may be over, but the opportunity for restaurant operators to capitalize on dieting consumers is not.According to new data from market research firm The NPD Group, the dieting season that kicks off Jan...

ATLANTA Carvel Ice Cream, based here, despite the success of its first-ever text-messaging campaign last year, is not planning any mobile marketing for 2009, said Lori Petersen, vice president of marketing. She recently explained that decision...

SPARTANBURG S.C. —Denny’s high-profile free-breakfast promotion earlier this month was a grand slam home run, according to executives and franchisees of the family-dining chain, who say they are...

Peng Looi spent a good chunk of the 1980s studying engineering—only to discover he hated the trade.“The studying part was fun, but the working part was boring,” says the Malaysian-born chef.Cooking had been a lifelong hobby, one with which he’d...

Among the hardest-core of the cocktail set, historic bar books like Jerry Thomas’ famous “How to Mix Drinks,” Harry Johnson’s “Bartenders’ Manual” and C.F. Lawlor’s “The Mixicologist” long have been like the Holy Grail, oft desired but rarely seen...

PORTLAND Ore. —In a push to improve customer service and increase repeat business to its foodservice operations, the food and nutrition department at the Oregon Health and Science University Hospital...

Abum ankle finally put an end to Jennifer Williams’ 45-year career as a waitress at Lawry’s The Prime Rib in Beverly Hills, Calif. If not for that, the 71-year-old would continue to wear the server’s white bonnet, push around the silver carts of...