Patricia Cobe
Senior Editor
Contact PatriciaPat plans and executes the menu sections of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She also contributes to the digital content of both RB and FSD and is editor of two weekly e-newsletters, Recipe Report and On the Menu. Pat’s biweekly podcast, MenuFeed, covers a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.
Pat came to Winsight from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.
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Page 1Restaurateurs continue to expand into retail sales post-pandemic
Operators are discovering that e-commerce can be a lucrative and permanent channel for selling food products and meal kits.
Marijuana and Earth Day vie for menu attention this week
Taste Tracker: 4/20 specials at Jack in the Box, Sticky’s Finger Joint and more; sustainability rules at Ike’s and Sweetgreen; Smashburger dials up the heat on chicken sandwiches; and new LTOs make their debut.