Institutional
Citing health, environment, Chicago alderman proposes citywide ban on foam food containers in restaurants, school cafeterias
By Monica Eng
Chicago Tribune 2010-02-17
Aramark-run Capitol Café, where Pennsylvania's political elite eat, struggles with continuing unsanitary conditions
By Suzette Parmley and Amy Worden
The Philadelphia Inquirer 2010-01-28
Opinion: Congress should expand and improve quality of school meals program
The editors
San Jose Mercury News 2010-01-25
News & Trends
Opinion: Zagat's ratings for fast food, chain eateries created by those who reported making about 11 visits a month; Wendy's, Panera, In-N-Out, Starbucks take top marks
By Greg Pollowitz
National Review Online 2010-08-17
As former customers pack PB&J, number of restaurants operating nationwide dropped this year for first time in more than a decade; almost all that closed were independently owned
By Sharon Bernstein
Los Angeles Times 2010-08-21
Chefs in Philadelphia restaurants switch kitchens to cook for competitors this summer
By Howard Gensler
Philadelphia Daily News 2010-06-24
"Potash, for all intents and purposes, is food."
Reviews
Best chef? The way people respond to Ferran Adrià's El Bulli - a miracle, a shrine, sheer heaven, pure hell - says as much about them as it does about the restaurant
By Colman Andrews
Los Angles Times 2010-06-24
Blue Hill at Stone Barns, temple of farm-to-table movement, deliciously allays fears about eating only cabbage in winter
By Joe Yonan
The Washington Post 2010-02-27
Haute Japanese
Michelin hires Japanese restaurant judges, showers Tokyo with stars, and sells 290,000-plus copies of its restaurant guide, but Japanese food critics, magazines and the governor of Tokyo question the choices and ratings. They say that outsiders don't know them or their cuisines, and that ranking restaurants offends sensibility against bragging and putting others down.
By Martin Fackler
The New York Times 2008-02-24
Street Food
Online appetites
Google Maps
Food fans create online maps of great taco trucks, Chinese restaurants, and pizza spots, persuading others to submit their treasured information. Mapping introduces people to small businesses that they might not otherwise find and helps them see the good in their own community, one mapper says. For taco trucks, click 'See also.'
By Cyrus Farivar
National Public Radio 2008-04-28
Park place:
As demographics change and number of immigrants increases, parks service employees get crash course on food traditions of ethnic holidays - and look to educate foreign-born guests that permits are often required, litter pickup is encouraged and alcohol verboten.
By Annie Gowen
Washington Post 2007-06-30
Obituary
Ralph Stayer, Johnsonville Sausage Company founder, who popularized bratwurst.
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Takeout
California county food stamps program allows homeless, disabled and elderly participants to buy fast food
By Vanessa Romo
Marketplace 2010-02-17
With McLocal offerings, eateries spice up competition
With its McArabia Tagine, a cumin- and coriander-spiced flatbread creation, McDonald's adds to its list of locally inspired foods. Other eateries' offerings: Domino's pizzas topped with squid in Taiwan, black beans in Guatemala and feta cheese in Greece. In China, Kentucky Fried Chicken sells rice congee, while Col. Sanders in India woos vegetarians with Chana Snacker, a chickpea burger topped with Thousand Island sauce. In survey of 4,500 meat recipes from 36 countries, scientists learn that cultures in hotter climates favor recipes with higher concentrations of anti-microbial spices like garlic, cumin and pepper.
By Erik German
GlobalPost 2009-08-26
For real-deal barbecue, NJ-style, look outside Atlantic City
Take a leisurely drive inland from Atlantic City for embarrassment of excellent, real-deal barbecue spots. Many of these places are seasonal, open only during warmer months; some are just tent-covered roadside stands. Pit masters blend Carolina, Texas, and Kansas City styles of barbecue, but the taste at these eight standouts is distinctly Jersey.
By Kelly Feeney
Gourmet.com 2009-07-15