Food

Food trends and recipes to keep menus fresh

Food

Sauce is hot—in more ways than one

Restaurateurs are increasingly using sauces as a means to differentiate, customize and let customers control what they eat. There’s the added advantage of exponentially increasing what’s offered without complicating kitchen operations.

Food

Tackle box: Chains’ newest menu lures

Mainstream chains are reaching far afield for their latest limited-time offers, from colored sandwiches to cream drinks.

The menus offered on opening day go far beyond the usual hot dogs and soft pretzels, reflecting how far afield mainstream tastes are going for all meal occasions.

Low-cost indulgences by the big burger chains, the next steps in customization, and turning cabbage—the pickled type—into the green type.

A look at what’s cycling on and off menus shows the changes depend on where the pizza is being sold.

Health-conscious consumers have created a large fan base around blogger Ali Maffucci. Those numbers caught Houlihan’s attention, sparking a collaboration.

Sharky’s Woodfired Mexican Grill messed with a good thing when it reformatted its top-selling Wild Salmon Lite Burrito, and placed its bets on a bowl.

From the looks of all the new items launching on menus this spring, restaurants seem to be in a race to be first with seasonal specials and limited-time offers.

Chefs from more than a dozen countries and many regions of the United States shared their expertise through demos, presentations and tastings at the Culinary Institute of America’s Worlds of Flavor conference last week. Cooking was the medium through which they shared their stories, but as restaurant owners, they included some business lessons in their insights as well.

Will these unconventional items bring a sales boost to Burger King, Dunkin’ Donuts and Olive Garden?

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