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Category: Dining News Elsewhere (193 entries)

Nov 20
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: Obese Americans, Ramsay Loses His Number Two

  • – By 2018, 43% of Americans are expected to be obese. [NYDN]
  • – Gordon Ramsay has lost his right-hand man. [Bloomberg]
  • – The Senate is considering requiring beef to be tested for E. coli. [NYT]
  • – Top Chef contestants aren't being paid for the TV dinners that feature their faces (and recipes). [Time]
  • – First canned pumpkins, now an Eggo shortage looms. [NYDN]
  • – The art of complaining to a restaurant. [Guardian]
  • – A modest proposal for fixing restaurant and bar smoking bans. [Eater]
  • – Related: the science behind banning smoking outside. [Time]
  • – Ever wonder what it would be like to cook dinner for Thomas Keller? [Esquire]
  • – Talking cooking with Coolio. [Fork in the Road]
  • – NBC's newest cooking show, United Plates of America, will give away a four-restaurant chain. [Reuters]
  • – Hey, so, while you eat that sushi, this guy here is going to swallow a sword. [WSJ]
  • – Starbucks continues to roll out its unbranded coffee shops. [Diner's Journal]
  • – If New York loses its lawsuit, Tavern on the Green will become Tavern in the Park. [Crain's]
  • – Restaurants embrace Twilight. [NRN]
  • – Martha Stewart is not a fan of Rachael Ray. [ABC News, via EMD and GS]
  • – The Rolling Stones, the wine. [Examiner]
  • – Pork belly and other over-served dishes. [Between Meals]
  • – Students arrested for not paying their tip. [Philly]
  • – Plastic wishbones: what will the kids fight over? [SE]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Nov 18
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: Koodies, Samuelsson Goes to Washington

  • – Marcus Samuelsson will be working the kitchen at Obama's first state dinner. [Obama Foodorama]
  • – The fight for Cadbury intensifies. [WSJ]
  • – Chipotle sets its sights on London, Europe. [NRN]
  • – Costco drops Coke. [AP]
  • – Related: Coke bottles, 1899–1986. [Pixdaus]
  • – Milk producers wish they could sell their product "raw." [NYT]
  • – Hooters is having trouble in Vegas. [Eater]
  • – A canned pumpkin shortage looms. [Diner's Journal]
  • – Putting things in perspective with the Fat Map. [HP]
  • – Jamie Oliver wants to help you find a date. [Marketing]
  • – A Shake Shack in Boston looks increasingly possible. [GS:B]
  • – What a $20 Thanksgiving feast from Walmart gets you. [The Awl]
  • – A word we'd like to quickly forget? "Koodie." [SE]
  • – Foods named after people. [Mental Floss and Cakespy, via SE]
  • – They found water on the moon...can you drink it? [Slate]
  • – Making mushrooms with coffee grinds. [Chronicle, via Coldmud]
  • – Making art with meat, some wires, a videocamera and a stove. [EMD]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Nov 16
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: Buzzy Booze, Subway in the Sky

  • – The FDA is targeting caffeinated booze. [WSJ]
  • – Meanwhile, its efforts to ban eating raw oysters didn't work out so well. [NYT]
  • – Burger King franchisees lose 10¢ for every $1 double cheeseburger sold. [NRN]
  • – A special Subway franchise is set to rise up with the Freedom Tower in New York. [NYP]
  • – U.S. chicken production is set to fall for the first time in 36 years. [Reuters]
  • – Champagne sales are a bit flat these days. [NYT]
  • – Musicians do covers of other bands' hits, why shouldn't chefs cover other toques' recipes? [Guardian]
  • – Pinkberry's further expansion plans include Boston, DC, New Orleans and Mexico. [Eater]
  • – Why we read cookbooks. [The New Yorker]
  • – Want a new drug? Synthetic alcohol isn't out of the question. [Scotsman, via ColdMud]
  • – Just when we've gotten used to twist-off tops, get ready for wine in a plastic bottle. [Stuff]
  • – Things a restaurant patron should never do. [Applesauce]
  • – Related, 10 dirty restaurant tricks. [Slashfood]
  • – Peace through hummus. [Economist]
  • – Hard to turn down a "love dessert" made with passion fruit and...Viagra. [NYDN]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Nov 13
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: Drink Preferences, Raw Oyster Brouhahah

  • – A whole lot of info on what diners like to drink. [R&I]
  • – Should the FDA try to prevent you from eating raw oysters? [NYT, Slate]
  • – Burger King franchisees are suing over $1 double cheeseburgers. [Miami Herald]
  • – Meanwhile, McDonald's plans for the future. [CNN]
  • – The backlash to the list of waiter no-nos is on. [XX, Server not Servant]
  • – How to act around a celebrity chef. [Atlantic]
  • – The U.K. now has its own version of the Food Network. [Eater]
  • – Related: Emeril Lagasse is planning a prime-time variety show not on the Food Network. [ABC]
  • – Mario Batali makes his film debut in The Fantastic Mr. Fox. [WSJ]
  • – Heston Blumenthal plans a wildly expensive Christmas dinner for a TV special featuring ambergris, aka whale vomit. [Sun]
  • – Jamie Oliver has seen a backlash for the salt content of his pasta sauces. [Guardian]
  • – Cooking With Coolio, the cookbook, is now on sale. [EMD]
  • – Remembering New York City's 1935 ban on baby artichokes. [Diner's Journal]
  • – Don't be embarrassed to dine out alone. [Between Meals]
  • – Raising a vegetarian child without the conflict. [LAT]
  • – Can drunken fruit flies help cure alcoholism? [Wired]
  • – Looking to find free grub for the rug rats? Try here. [Kids Eat For, via SE]
  • – Deep-fried turkey disasters. On video. [EMD]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Nov 11
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: Arby's Troubles, Food-Fight Arrests

  • – Trying to save New Orleans' po' boys. [NYT]
  • – 25 children were recently arrested in Chicago for...a food fight. [NYT]
  • – The recession has been especially hard on Arby's. [Slate]
  • – Meanwhile, Uno Express has opened 160 locations in the past 15 months. [BG]
  • – Consumers expect to spend less on dining out next year. [NRN]
  • – Starbucks tries a new look out in London. [BrandRepublic, via Eater]
  • – Obama's pastry chef, the "Crustmaster." [AP]
  • – Top Chef contestant Dale Levitski takes over Chicago newcomer Sprout. [GS: C]
  • – Despite being an international restaurateur himself, Gordon Ramsay blasts international restaurant chains. [Daily Record]
  • – The Food Network seeks America's worst cooks. [Variety]
  • – Related: What Would Brian Boitano Make? gets picked up for a second season. [EMD]
  • – Health-wise, is chocolate milk the new red wine? [NYT]
  • – Related: finally, a scientific reason why red wines (mostly) don't go well with fish. [Economist]
  • – Actually? French women do get fat. [Reuters]
  • – Why must restaurant websites be so terrible? [Between Meals]
  • – An undrinkable beer from the Hindenburg disaster is up for sale. [NYP]
  • – A tofurky-flavored soda? [SE]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Nov 09
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: Kraft Goes Hostile, Food Cart Love

  • – Cadbury has rejected Kraft's hostile £9.8 billion bid. [WSJ]
  • – McDonald's is set to launch a $1 breakfast menu. [WSJ]
  • – How did food carts become media darlings? [BlackBook]
  • – Related: a clever Pratt student comes up with a way to eat street food on the street. [Midtown Lunch]
  • – Ruby Tuesday has spent upwards of $100 million to upgrade its brand. [NYT]
  • – The birth of Subway's $5 foot-long. [Bussiness Week]
  • – Celebrating Veteran's Day with restaurant deals. [NRN]
  • – It had to happen: a Twitter-based reservation service launches in SF. [GS:SF]
  • – Frank Bruni's Born Round, the TV show?. [GS:NY]
  • – David Chang blogs his book tour for GQ. [GQ]
  • – Did Gossip Girl stop the "speakeasy" trend in its tracks? [The Atlantic]
  • – Foods that can cause headaches. [Divine Caroline]
  • – One angry diner. [NYP]
  • – American fast food you can't get in the U.S. [SquidInk, via Eater]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Nov 06
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: Obesity and Cancer, Bacon-Wrapped Matzoh Balls

  • – A baguette dropped by a bird stopped the Large Hadron Collider. [Times]
  • – Linking obesity and cancer. [MSNBC]
  • – Scripps (which owns the Food Network) sets its sights on the Travel Channel. [EMD]
  • – Jamie Oliver, upholder of justice. [Telegraph]
  • – How wine became a "fast food." [Daily Beast]
  • – Daniel Boulud sets his sights on London. [Bloomberg]
  • – LA's Orso prepares for a final bow. [NYT]
  • – A long chat with Gordon Ramsay. [Telegraph]
  • – Not kosher: Ilan Hall's bacon-wrapped matzoh balls. [Jewish Journal]
  • – 7-Eleven gets ready to roll out its own wine. [MSNBC]
  • – Why Guinness can taste different in Ireland (and elsewhere). [Accidental Hedonist]
  • – Will laser etchings replace fruit and vegetable stickers? [Gizmodo]
  • – Portion sizes, then and now. [DivineCaroline]
  • – How exactly does Jell-O work? [BG]
  • – Meat, the fabric. [EMD]
  • – Cookie monster cupcakes love cookies. [Leila Cohan]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Nov 04
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: An Illy Invasion, Iron Chef in the White House

  • – Illy is making inroads into U.S. coffee shops. [WSJ]
  • – Gordon Ramsay is planning to bring the popular MasterChef to the U.S. [THR]
  • – Sam Kass: assistant White House chef, policy wonk. [NYT]
  • – Related: Iron Chef America heads to the White House. [NYT]
  • – After 17 years, Jean-Georges is shutting down Vong. Though maybe not for long? [Eater]
  • – Learning to compost in Chicago's public schools. [Chicago Tribune]
  • – More on the affect of calorie counts on menus. [NYT]
  • – The Kogi Truck folks in LA have their own custom car now. [Mouthing Off]
  • – Kids menus should grow up. [BG]
  • – What does your beer choice say about you? [AdAge]
  • – Yellow Tail isn't the only Aussie wine, y'know. [WSJ]
  • – One 225,000-ton ship, more than 24 dining options. [EMD]
  • – Grant Achatz stands sternly in front of an airplane. [GS:C]
  • – Is it a steak house or a gay bar? [SteakHouseorGayBar]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Nov 02
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: PBR For Sale, Wading Into the Tip Pool

  • – Talking with the troubled Ciprianis. [Vanity Fair]
  • – The brewery behind PBR and Schlitz is for sale. [NYP]
  • – Restaurants seek to better manage tip pools. [NRN]
  • – Western foods are gaining in China. [ABC]
  • – Where have all the Angostura bitters gone? [Bostonist]
  • – Who gets all of those 7 PM reservations, anyway? [Between Meals]
  • – The last days of Gourmet. [Last Days of Gourmet]
  • – Nation's Restaurant News to go biweekly. [Food Writer's Diary]
  • – Who needs to tip when you can buy the chef a beer? [GS:C]
  • – 222.5 pounds? Now that's a big meatball. [MSNBC]
  • – Could you eat 78 pieces of cutlery? Would you? [Daily Mail, via EMD]
  • – The manually operated hamburger vending machine. [JapanProbe]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
Oct 30
2009

Dining News Elsewhere: Menu Labeling Goes National, No More Kitchen Nightmares

  • – Menu labeling hops onto health-care reform. [NRN]
  • – 2009 had the worst honey crop on record. [Daily Green, via GS:C]
  • – Not with a bang, but a whimper. Ramsay kills Kitchen Nightmares. [The Sun]
  • – The return of the milkman. [WSJ]
  • – Restaurants look to Halloween for a boost. [NRN]
  • – The White House garden, by the numbers. [Obama Foodorama]
  • – Europe's eel population is slipping away. [WSJ]
  • – Costco is getting ready to accept food stamps. [CityRoom]
  • – Hooters is facing a lawsuit for making its waitresses buy their uniforms. [NYP]
  • – Just try and top this Halloween dish. [Not Martha]
  • – 100-year-old whiskey, anyone? [GlobalPost]
  • – In Illinois, 100 hours of community service or...a tray of jerk chicken? [Chicago Tribune]
Category: Dining News Elsewhere
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