Food

Food trends and recipes to keep menus fresh

Food

Tertiary cities show their food chops at the James Beard Awards

While the James Beard Foundation Awards typically highlight the best of the best from major food cities around the country, this year’s list of winners read a little differently on the map.

Food

Dim sum, naturally

Tweaking the filling makes for a more healthful and authentic Asian dumpling.

This spring, Jackson, Miss.-based Newk’s Eatery hoped to hook guests with a premium ingredient more often found in full service—ahi tuna.

To offset beef prices, chefs are turning poultry into a center-of-the-plate signature.

Scoping out the competition in the restaurant business is decidedly the most delicious and satisfying market research an entrepreneur could ask for.

“CPG retailers putting a major emphasis—both in square footage and in the quality and culinary component—on their fresh food,” says Justin Massa, founder and president of Chicago researcher Food Genius.

By reformatting the dish—and using ground meat instead of sliced leg—Millman now is able to offer lamb for $15 instead of $35, appealing to younger diners.

And all eaten just three weeks ago. Here’s what a chef found in his annual dining blitz.

Restaurants that provide what families want—speedy service, something kids will eat, healthy options to please parents and a willingness to customize—are gaining business as economic doldrums linger.

Chicken accounted for more than 18 percent of the sandwiches sold at Subway’s 29,900 North American units in 2014.

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