Patricia Cobe

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Patricia Cobe

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Consumer Trends

Consumers' health perceptions about beef are changing

The nutrition police and plant-based advocates have pushed people away from eating beef. But times they are a changing.

Food

Pepe Moncayo's food at Cranes in Washington, D.C., reflects the sum of his experience

Menu Talk: The Catalonian chef spent a decade in Singapore but also fell in love with Japanese food before opening his restaurant.

A value proposition is core to this metro Washington, D.C.-based casual-dining concept, and the new menu builds guest volume with affordable, chef-inspired food.

Behind the Menu: The family-dining chain introduced the new format at the start of Lent and the wild cod items quickly became best-sellers.

Taste Tracker: Pickle power at &pizza and Wings Over; Portillo’s tosses up new salads; make way for stroganoff at Noodles; Jamba is all about acai; and IHOP’s April Pancake of the Month rolls out.

Cherry Berry beverages and the Pretzel Cheddar Club Sandwich are Spring specials at the fast-food chain.

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.

Winners of the James Beard Foundation restaurant and chef awards will be named on June 10. Ruth Reichl was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award and The LEE Initiative was named Humanitarian of the Year.

The Copenhagen chef’s “holistic cuisine” merges science, gastronomy, performance art, societal issues and storytelling in a restaurant designed to look like a planetarium.

April Fool’s joke or permanent switch? The classic biscuits get elongated into breadsticks on Monday.

New Saucy Nuggets come in five varieties to satisfy flavor-craving sauce fans.

Taste Tracker: Taco Bell goes all in on chicken; Culver’s gets a bacon upgrade; shrimp comes to Zaxby’s; and pastels trend at Krispy Kreme and Baskin-Robbins.

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