Just Desserts
Off With Their Heads
As if failing to even qualify for the second round of the recently concluded World Cup soccer tournament after a huge buildup wasn't enough, the French...
Website of the Month
What's Inside Your Worcestershire Sauce? To find out, go to www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/st_whatsinside_worcestershire). The mystery (if you're not...
Drop the Chalupa and Pick Up the Bouquet
Weddings in unusual locations, such as at a Taco Bell or a Home Depot, may be a coming trend, reports USA Today. The paper cites brand loyalty, the economy...
Quote of the Month
We're an ice cream company, and we're an indulgent brand as well. Spokeswoman Maura Tobias of Friendly's Restaurants, commenting on the chain's new Ultimate...
A Million Restaurateurs' Unspoken Fantasies Fulfilled
Timothy Rankin, an Albany, NY, bar owner, was recently charged with hiring a man to beat up a restaurant critic for the local paper, according to an Associated...
The Shame Game
Some ethnic Chinese markets in New York City have an unusual, but apparently very effective, way of dealing with shoplifters, according to a recent front-page...
Dessert Warfare?
Leave it to the Pentagon to overcomplicate brownies. NPR recently reported on a 26-page(!) recipe for the simple chocolaty treats (and oatmeal cookies)...
Creepy and Creepier...
Calling the practice creepy and predatory, the activist group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is threatening to sue McDonald's for its...
Slider Scents
White Castle restaurants recently sold promotional scented candles that smelled like its famous burgers, which are made by steam grilling them over a...
Maybe They Can Run a Special Every Seven Years
One Australian town decided to make the best of a bad situation by using the locusts that had invaded the town as a topping at the local pizza parlor,...
When You're Really Hungry
The Claim Jumper restaurant chain can claim the distinction of menuing America's most unhealthy entre, at least according to the theweek.com website....
$12 Coffee a Real Eye Opener
Okay, we won't take any more shots at coffee selling for $4 a cup, not after seeing a New York Post story about the $12 cups of joe being served at the...
More B&I Downsizing News
Warehouse and production workers at the Carlsberg brewery in Denmark went on strike recently to protest a downsizing in their onsite fooder, beverage...
Guest Viewpoint: A Day in the Life of a Nutrition Services Director
This torn-out page from a school FSD's Day-Planner found its way into our editorial in-box recently. Sound familiar?...
Quote of the Month
I don't think giant tubs of spinach or broccoli is a good idea. And nobody wants to eat cauliflower while watching Spider Man, or drink a 40-oz. cup of...
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