News on Food Menus

2009-01-05 Torontos eats scene mixes haute and humble

Perigee, set in a quaint red brick Distillery District brewery, combines candle-lit romance with foodie fun. Diners have a full view of Perigees glass-walled exhibition kitchen, where young, bandanna-wearing chefs whip up adventurous, multicourse tasting menus. Expect to savor Ontario provisions like Cumbrae Farms prime rib and

On my recent visit to Toronto I learned that this food-obsessed city boasts terrific homegrown chefs who have created a uniquely Torontonian way of cooking. They fuse refined technique with flavors big as

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The denizens of Toronto are a lot like New Yorkers. Like us, they consider their wildly multicultural home their nations First City. And like us, Torontonians love to eat. - Fruits and Vegetables Meat Foods Food and Cooking Culture and Lifestyle Hudson Bay TD Bank Financial Group Meatpacking District Hazelton Hotel Mark McEwan Daniel Libeskind Cookstown Anton Potvin

2009-01-05 Undercover in service of better dining - Dining

There may come a time when I am found out. If I detect I am getting unusual treatment, I will share that with the readers. The Bee picks up every tab, though dining with me is not necessarily a treat. I tell you what to order. Though I am exceedingly polite, I will steal your food. I talk to myself. I scribble things under the table and sometimes that just looks weird. I ask you questions when your mouth is full. I will steal your dessert. The one I told you to order.

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Every good restaurant review begins with a lie. - Undercover in service of better dining

2009-01-04 Tough times bring enticing deals as restaurants vie for customers Detroit Free Press

Plan to entice diners with unprecedented price cuts and special promotions this month. Other owners are keeping their seats filled through different means: offering new but less-expensive dishes, rewarding regulars with more attention and special prices, and giving customers more food for the same money.

Thursdays will be date night, when five-course dinners-for-two with a variety of menu choices and a glass of wine for each person will total usd. 49. And Sunday will be family day, with a menu that allows a family of four, for example, to have dinner for around usd. 40.

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Many cant afford to eat out as often as they did a year ago. But metro Detroiters can expect to find good dining values this winter as owners compete for their business. Look out for special promotions and more. - Dining Out Detroit Michigan News local news headlines stories world news

2009-01-03 DineLA Restaurant Week 2009 Menus for Preview at QSR Magazine

Is a dynamic marketing initiative between LA INC. , American Express and the LA restaurant community to promote the scale and variety of LA restaurant and food experiences to locals and visitors. dineLA and rsquo;s comprehensive Web site provides detailed information and search capabilities for over 2,000 area restaurants; chef profiles; a culinary events calendar; monthly enter-to-win giveaways; e-newsletter; online chef and restaurant videos; as well as engaging and timely editorial content. dineLA seeks to position Los Angeles among the top restaurant cities in the world and to build awareness, traffic and revenue for restaurants throughout the greater LA area. In addition, dineLA plays an active role promoting the LA restaurant scene year-round through involvement in industry events such as the LA Wine Fest, the Art of

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foodies, is the place to preview the hundreds of mouth-watering, prix-fixe menu choices from a spectacular list of Southland restaurants participating in the second annual - QSR quick-serve quick-service fast food fast-casual quick-casual restaurant foodservice packaging food packaging packaging restaurant technology

2009-01-03 19 tips to save dining-out dollars Detroit Free Press

Happy-hour menus these days offer amazing bargains on food that goes well beyond sliders and bar snacks. You can find impressive late-night specials as well.

Greek, Mexican, Korean, Polish, Ethiopian, Mediterranean and other ethnic restaurants offer great flavors and typically serve up lots of food for very little money.

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Trying to trim your dining budget in 2009 Or maybe you just want to get more bang for your restaurant buck. Try some of these strategies to eat well for less -- or maybe even better. - Lifestyles Detroit Michigan News local news headlines stories world news

2009-01-03 NewsChannel Nashville, Tennessee - Metro Chain Restaurant Menus Could Soon Have Calorie Info

Jennifer Booth got in her New Years Day workout at Urban Active Fitness. One step at a time, she tried to burn calories, but the thought of good food wasnt that far away.

Booths favorite OCharleys food doesnt come without a high calories count. Chicken OTenders packs about 850 calories per plateful.

Is why Metros board of health said they want to require all chain restaurants inside the city limits to put a calorie count on their menus.

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2009-01-03 Good Food Guide unveils menu of diners hates - Which News

Restaurants that use out-of-season ingredients also got a thumbs down from The Good Food Guide readers. Asparagus and strawberries are not native to the UK in January so shouldnt be on menus then, said the guide.

Elizabeth Carter, editor of The Good Food Guide, says: Dining out is usually an enjoyable experience, but sometimes a visit to a restaurant is memorable for the wrong reason, like an annoying waiter or a problem with the bill. Restaurateurs looking to raise their game this year could do a lot worse than listen to their customers pet hates. Theyre often simple mistakes that can be rectified.

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Readers of The Good Food Guide list stealth charges among their top 10 pet hates at restaurants. - The Good Food Guide restaurants

2009-01-02 Standardized nutrition information may be next on restaurant menus :: The SouthtownStar :: Food

The coalition wants to provide diners with information on such items as sodium, trans fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, sugars, protein and calories. Chain restaurants with 20 or more locations and grocery stores that sell prepared foods would be on the hook for providing the information.

BeefaRoo sends samples of items cooked in the stores - such as hamburgers, french fries and chicken strips - to a Chicago-area lab where technicians analyze the food chemicals. Seeling said the "costs are in the thousands" to perform the tests.

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2009-01-02 How caramel developed a taste for salt - International Herald Tribune

How caramel developed a taste for salt

Like grief, American food trends go through five stages, said Kara Nielsen, a trend analyst at the Center for Culinary Development in San Francisco, where companies like Wendys and Kraft go to develop new products. The center uses a five-part trend map to trace an ingredients trajectory from chefs indulgence to supermarket staple. Nielsen says many dishes or ingredients that eventually make it big first appear in either small ethnic restaurants or fine dining establishments, a view held by others in her field.

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2009-01-02 Dollar Menus More Popular Than Ever

You can skip the sodas and drink water, put your sauce on the side, and compare menus between fast food chains to see which offer healthy choices.

If your resolution for 2009 includes eating healthy and watching your money, then dollar menus might fit into the latter.

And ldquo;Lay off the aisles in between where you will find more processed high fat food. and rdquo;

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