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Oct 6, 2007 5:01 PM CDT

Eateries Give Food Bloggers a Free Pass

Owners pry good reviews by serving up gratis meals

(Newser) - Eateries are ensuring good reviews by schmoozing food bloggers with free meals, the Wall Street Journal reports. While established critics pay their way and dine unnoticed, some even in disguise, bloggers are getting used to the royal treatment. "I think if I was picking up the tab I wouldn't...

Chinese McDonald's
Aim at KFC

Sep 17, 2007 11:26 AM CDT

Chinese McDonald's Aim at KFC

Golden arches play catch-up in a country that prefers chicken

(Newser) - You can visit Ronald McDonald at 800 restaurants across China, but the Colonel will feed you at a whopping 1,940 KFC locations. So McDonald's is starting the engine on a new campaign to overcome the Chinese cultural bias for poultry over beef: Unable to compete in sheer number of...

LA Eyes Ban
on New Fast Food Outlets

Sep 10, 2007 4:13 PM CDT

LA Eyes Ban on New Fast Food Outlets

Moratorium proposed on unhealthy eateries in South LA

(Newser) - There is so much fast food in South Los Angeles, and so much obesity, that city officials are considering banning any new outlets. A two-year moratorium on new fast-food eateries has been proposed for an area where 30% of adults and 29% of kids are obese (compared with just...

10 Best Places to Pig Out

Sep 10, 2007 1:26 PM CDT

10 Best Places to Pig Out

10 best gut-stretching meals around the country

(Newser) - Tired of picking at salads and counting out almonds? Fill up your plate with the 10 "best-tasting, most gut-stretching" meals the Discovery Channel could find.

Lambert's Cafe, Sikeston, MO
Eagle's Deli, Brighton, MA
Seiad Valley Cafe, Seiad Valley, CA

10 Gourmet Restaurant Swindles

Aug 22, 2007 9:51 AM CDT

10 Gourmet Restaurant Swindles

As eateries cut costs, watch out for cheap shortcuts

(Newser) - As the price of food goes up, what cost-cutting measures at restaurants might end up on your plate? The Independent lists 10 shortcuts, swindles and downright lies you should be wary of.

Lookalike fish species
Supermarket-bought salads
Instant powdered eggs and potatoes

Hot for Those Chicago Dawgs

Aug 13, 2007 6:06 PM CDT

Hot for Those Chicago Dawgs

The birthplace of the tube steak offers something for everyone

(Newser) - Hot dogs may be cheap, but they're rich in flavor—and history. Travel + Leisure visits the birthplace of the tubesteak and clues you in to the seven best spots for all breeds of dog:

The classic: Murphy's Red Hots
The classic with an accent: Hot Doug's
The classic with

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7 Best New Wine Lists of 2007

Jul 18, 2007 11:48 AM CDT

7 Best New Wine Lists of 2007

These restaurants pair great food with excellent wines for the full dining experience.

(Newser) - Food & Wine magazine names its favorite new restaurant wine lists from around the country.

Catalan, Houston, TX
Addison, San Diego, CA
Perbacco, San Francisco, CA
Craftsteak, New York, NY
Osteria di Tramonto, Wheeling, IL

Food Critic Grilled Over Steak Review

Jul 3, 2007 4:00 AM CDT

Food Critic Grilled Over Steak Review

Steamed chef may force Philly writer to reveal identity in court

(Newser) - A miffed chef is suing the restaurant critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer after he reviewed a $15 slab of steak as "miserably tough and fatty." But the suit could be even more of a raw deal than expected for writer Craig LaBan, who was ordered to give a...

Tastiest New Chefs of 2007

Jun 28, 2007 2:13 PM CDT

Tastiest New Chefs of 2007

Food & Wine's annual list of the hottest emerging culinary talents in America

(Newser) - Here are Food & Wine's picks for the 10 best new chefs—up-and-comers who are deploying their culinary talents in intimate and stylish restaurants around the country.

April Bloomfield, The Spotted Pig, New York, NY
Gabriel Bremer, Salts, Cambridge, MA
Steve Corry, Five Fifty-Five, Portland, ME
Matthew Dillon, Sitka &

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Chefs Get Into Food Fight

Jun 27, 2007 4:46 PM CDT

Chefs Get Into Food Fight

New York restaurateur sues, claiming copycat ripped her off

(Newser) - Rebecca Charles, chef/owner of the famed Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan, is taking her former sous-chef to court, claiming he knocked off her menu and decor for his own New York eatery. Lawyers for Charles, who is seeking unspecified financial damages, said that the owner of Ed's Lobster Bar had...

Best Restaurant in U.S. Closes

Jun 8, 2007 9:02 AM CDT

Best Restaurant in U.S. Closes

(Newser) - The restaurant that inspired some of America's leading chefs has closed. Located in the decidedly downscale Chicago suburb of Wheeling, Le Francais was once named the best restaurant in America by Bon Appetit magazine.

Chefs Sing Praises of Sous Vide

May 2, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

Chefs Sing Praises of Sous Vide

"Sous vide" vacuum cooking sweeps the Bay Area

(Newser) - "This is not your mother's boil-in-a-bag," write's Tara Duggan of the San Francisco Chronicle of "sous vide" cooking, a French cooking technique of immersing food in a vacuum-sealed bag. While they don't trumpet it on menus, Bay Area Chefs are smitten with the precision and flavor of...

The Bulldog Beats Out
The Duck

Apr 24, 2007 9:42 AM CDT

The Bulldog Beats Out The Duck

Spanish restaurant remains atop list of 50 best in the world

(Newser) - For the second straight year, El Bulli of tiny Cala Montjoi, Spain, is No. 1 on UK-based Restaurant Magazine's annual rankings of the world's top restaurants. The Fat Duck in Maidenhead, England, is second. Of the winners, 37 are in Europe, and 8 are in the US. Australia...

Restaurants Ban Bottled Water

Mar 22, 2007 10:29 AM CDT

Restaurants Ban Bottled Water

(Newser) - Fresh-food pioneer Chez Panisse has joined a growing number of San Francisco–area restaurants in striking bottled water from the menu. The decision to serve local tap water only—flat or carbonated in-house—comes from an effort to cut down on the packaging waste and energy used shipping bottles.