Food

So long Menu Feed, welcome to Menu Talk

The Menu Feed podcast is transitioning to Menu Talk, featuring inspiring culinary conversations with two hosts: Pat Cobe with Restaurant Business and Bret Thorn, Nation’s Restaurant News.

Starting next week, Menu Feed transitions to Menu Talk, a new podcast hosted by yours truly, Pat Cobe of Restaurant Business, and my Informa colleague, Bret Thorn with Nation’s Restaurant News. We are veteran reporters on the menu beat and eager to bring you inspiring conversations about what’s happening in restaurant kitchens, including weekly interviews with chefs, operators and food professionals.

Thank you so much for joining me as Menu Feed listeners. I’ve really enjoyed sharing my stimulating guests and hearing their stories along with you. Here are some of my favorites, ICYMI:

How Yia Vang became the leading voice for Hmong cuisine and culture

How Alon Shaya is bringing a family’s culinary memories to life through “Rescued Recipes”

How Eileen Andrade transformed her grandmother’s Cuban diner into an elegant fine-dining restaurant

How Mike’s Hot Honey sparked the sweet-heat menu trend starting with Paulie Gee’s Brooklyn pizzeria

How Jonathon Sawyer’s live-fire cooking passion ignites the menu at Kindling

How Panda Express’ Jimmy Wang spreads Chinese culture through food

How Amy Alarcon gave Popeyes the edge in the chicken sandwich wars

All the Menu Feed podcasts are archived here. And stay tuned for more listening excitement with Menu Talk!

Members help make our journalism possible. Become a Restaurant Business member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here.

Multimedia

Exclusive Content

Financing

Franchising can put brands at a disadvantage in a market like this

The Bottom Line: Restaurant chains like &pizza and MOD Pizza continue to turn to franchising to reinvigorate growth or save dying concepts. But there are huge disadvantages when consumers are cutting back.

Technology

How drive-thru AI made a believer out of Taco John's CEO Heather Neary

The leader of the fast-food chain was skeptical of the technology when she joined the company last year. Now she hopes to bring it chainwide.

Financing

The great shift: Consumers voted with their feet last year

The Bottom Line: Restaurant customers shifted away from more traditional concepts to those they felt provided better quality and service. Was this brought on by economic challenges or is it part of a long-term industry reconfiguration?

Trending

More from our partners