Tag Archives: Restaurant Menus
Dieters Beware: Restaurant Menus Tell Tall Tales
The nutrition-labeling mandate requiring restaurant chains to post calorie counts alongside menu items began a few years ago in New York City, and has spread to places like Massachusetts, California, Seattle, Portland and other areas. The impetus for these calorie count laws — despite opposition by restaurant and retail trade groups — was to battle [...]
Full Story“Eat This, Not That” Updated for 2010
The 2010 edition of Eat This, Not That, by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding is making its way to a book store near you with new and revised information about America’s restaurant meals and grocery products. This wildly popular guide to weight loss through smart substitutions has been updated with more industry secrets that can [...]
Full StoryJohnson & Wales University Hosts Culinary Museum
Passionate foodies looking for total immersion in the history of haute cuisine should plan a trip to the Johnson & Wales Culinary Arts Museum, in Providence, Rhode Island, where more than 500 years of cooking and food history are on display.
The museum, which is connected to Johnson & Wales University and its prestigious culinary school, [...]
Baby’s Badass Burgers – Gourmet Style
With banks hording cash in a tanked economy, venture capital is hard to come by. Opening a conventional restaurant requires hundreds of thousands of dollars rendering brick and mortar restaurants passé. The latest trend is roving restaurants on wheels with a Twitter account.
So ex-New Yorker and restaurateur Erica Cohen, and her partner Lori Barbera — [...]
Death by Chocolate – Man Dies After Falling into Vat
There’s a sweet treat on many restaurant menus called “Death by Chocolate,” but in this case, it came tragically true for an unfortunate worker at a chocolate factory in New Jersey.
The 29-year old man was killed after he accidentally fell into an eight-foot deep vat that was mixing and melting chocolate to be used in [...]
