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 20 Best New Places to Dine 

Esquire's picks from all over the US

Esquire Esquire Oct 23, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - After surveying restaurants across the US, Esquire gave the country props for its chops, proclaiming "the emergence of American cooking as the most diverse and most innovative in the world." It highlighted 20 favorite new restaurants of the year: L20 (Chicago): Overlook its Midwest locale; this place serves the best fish, with a lobster bisque as rich as its $165, 12-course offering. Bar Blanc (New York): An incredibly chic space with incredibly comforting dishes, like sweetbreads on watercress with sherry-poached cherries. More »

More about:  list • restaurants • best restaurants • gourmet dining • dining • eating

Eating Too Fast Makes You Fat

Men who scarf their meals are 84% more likely to be obese; women even more so

BBC BBC Oct 22, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - When your mom said to slow down and chew your food, she may have been more right than she knew: Speedy eating can double your risk of being overweight, according to a new study. Japanese scientists compared hundreds of food-savoring people to their sprinter counterparts, and found a striking correlation with weight, the BBC reports. More »

More about:  obesity • scientific research • overweight • eating

 Hot Dog! Duo Shoots
for Title Tomorrow

With Kobayashi's power waning, East Village pair eyes Nathan's prize

Village Voice Village Voice Jul 3, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Takeru Kobayashi’s hot-dog hegemony in doubt at tomorrow's Coney Island throwdown, the Village Voice accompanies a pair of contenders as they train for the event. Roommates Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus hit an all-you-can-eat sushi bar in preparation for Nathan's July 4th institution, the 10-minute contest described by an organizer as "the Master’s of competitive eating." More »

More about:  hot dogs • eating • Fourth of July • Takeru Kobayashi • competitive eating • Nathan's

TRAVEL

 11 Travel Faux Pas to Avoid 

Touching is too intimate in some Asian nations

Travel Leisure Travel Leisure Jun 21, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A great pleasure of this wide world of ours is the multiplicity of cultures and customs. That diversity can also get you into a heap of trouble. So, when traveling, here’s what not to do, and where not to do it, from Travel and Leisure . Touching: Too intimate in Asia. And steer clear of that baby’s head in Thailand! Eating with the left hand: a no-no in Africa. That hand’s for wiping. More »

More about:  travel • tourists • gaffe • eating • hospitality • ancient customs • tradition

OPINION

 Pushy Waiters
 Should Put
 a Cork in It 

Overzealous waiters can kill an evening of good wine

Slate Slate May 28, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barbaric waiters are storming the dinner table, "butting in and pouring wine without being asked" and expecting diners to hurry up and pony up to replace the drained bottle, laments Christopher Hitchens in Slate. Leaving punchlines and evenings in tatters, their unsolicited interruptions aren't just a sign of bad manners; they jack up the tab and put good wine to waste, "sloshed into the glasses of those who may not want it." More »

More about:  wine • etiquette • eating • customer service • manners • customs

commentary

Dollar-Store Dining Possible in Big Apple

Creative cooks can find big value, bigger flavor at bargain grocers

New York Times New York Times Mar 27, 08 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grocery-shopping in New York City takes a hefty toll on one’s pocketbook, Henry Alford writes in the New York Times , but at 99-cent stores, more diamonds in the rough exist than one might expect. Alford embarked on a challenge: to craft a week's worth of meals made mainly from on-the-cheap ingredients, culminating in a 99-cent dinner party. More »

More about:  New York City • food • grocery stores • dining • eating • money management • groceries • budget lifestyle

10 Best Places to Pig Out

10 best gut-stretching meals around the country

Discovery Channel Sep 10, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(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 More »

More about:  list • California • food • travel • restaurant • Missouri • contest • pizza • eating • burger • steak

Picky Eating
May Be in
Their Genes

Kids inherit reaction
to unfamiliar foods,
new study says

Reuters Reuters Aug 21, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don't chide your kids for their picky eating habits—they may be as much your fault as the length of their noses. In a study of identical and fraternal twins, UK researchers found children inherited nearly 80% of their “food neophobia,” hinting that that tongue-out reaction to unfamiliar eats might be in the genes. More »

More about:  children • food • diet • twins • parents • eating

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