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September 2011 ideas index

Restaurant Ideas on promotions, sourcing, design, menus, marketing, recruiting, expansion purchasing, service and operations

Financing

A new take on steak

The rib eye is one of the most popular steakhouse cuts and most fans like it served up simple—well seasoned and broiled or grilled.

Six top business leaders describe how to create and sustain companies with purpose.

Chocoholics are rejoicing! Chocolate is showing up everywhere, sometimes in unusual places, pairings and products. The Food Channel, CultureWaves and International Food Futurists took a deeper dive into chocolate trends, identifying 10 that are making waves.

The elegant hazelnut plays on the palate with complex flavor notes making it a desirable ingredient for sweet and savory dishes. These restaurants are using hazelnuts in a variety of cooking styles to add depth to winter menus.

As an entrant into the booming fast-casual segment, LYFE Kitchen brings some serious culinary cred to the table, but it’s also rapidly becoming a standard-bearer for a whole new definition of “health food.”

Carson’s has been a Chicago destination for baby back ribs since 1977. How did the restaurant—which now numbers four locations with its recent expansion to Milwaukee—develop a menu item that’s been a best seller since day one?

For the milk-averse, soy products had been the only coffee-creamer option at mass-market chains like Dunkin’. Not anymore.

From the fields of post-war france to the world of casual dining. At least that's how part of the Mimi's story goes.

These innocent-looking roots pack a potent punch in both their natural and processed forms.Few ingredients have the ability to fire up a dish quite like horseradish and wasabi.

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