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  • July 2008

    • Governator Signs Calif. Trans Fat Ban

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  6 hours, 58 minutes ago

      Governator Signs Calif. Trans Fat Ban

      California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant and bakery cooking today, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill passed last week by the legislature, saying it would help Californians’ health. Some restaurateurs, such as Wolfgang Puck—who had already phased the oils out due to customer requests—supported the measure. More »

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      California  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • restaurant  • ban  • state legislature  • trans fat  • trans fats

    • Goody Gumbo: Restaurant Reviews Back in New Orleans

      newser  |  New York Times  |  16 hours, 11 minutes ago

      Goody Gumbo: Restaurant Reviews Back in New Orleans

      Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina, the Big Easy finally has its restaurant reviews back, the New York Times reports. Judging that the city's famed eateries can now take the heat, the Times-Picayune has revived a ratings scale of 1-5 beans along with reviews. Many see the move as another sign the city is getting back on its feet. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • restaurant  • Katrina aftermath  • restaurant criticism

    • Jean-Georges Has Appetite for Empire

      newser  |  Portfolio  |  Jul 23, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Jean-Georges Has Appetite for Empire

      Jean-Georges Vongerichten has been busy indeed outside the kitchen—too busy, in the minds of some. In the next 5 years, the restaurateur plans to open between 30 and 50 new establishments in Starwood Hotels worldwide. The dramatic move, brokered by a private-equity firm, will make consistency a challenge and could lessen his cachet before long, Portfolio reports. More »

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      restaurant  • restaurateurs  • hotels  • empire  • W Hotels

    • Le Burger Sizzles in Paris

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 16, 08 8:57 AM CDT

      Le Burger Sizzles in Paris

      Parisian gourmands might still revile McDonald's, but the lowly hamburger has become a mainstay on some of the best menus in the City of Light. From cafés on the Left Bank to top tables showered with Michelin stars, the quintessential American dish has undergone a French transformation. "The burger has become gastronomic," one chef told the New York Times . More »

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      France  • Paris  • restaurant  • cuisine  • burger  • French cooking  • Alain Ducasse  • L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon

    • Benihana Founder Dead at 69

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 12, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      Benihana Founder Dead at 69

      Hiraoki “Rocky” Aoki, a former wrestler, daredevil speedboat racer and balloonist who also happened to have founded the Benihana restaurant chain, is dead at 69, the Los Angeles Times reports. The colorful Aoki opened the first Benihana in New York in 1964 with proceeds from an ice cream truck venture; now the chain, famous for the acrobatic knifemanship of its chefs, boasts around 90 locations worldwide. More »

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      obituary  • cancer  • restaurant  • Japanese food

  • June 2008

    • McDonald's: Hold the Tomatoes

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jun 9, 08 1:53 PM CDT

      McDonald's: Hold the Tomatoes

      McDonald’s is pulling sliced tomatoes from its sandwiches following a nationwide outbreak of salmonella linked to the fruit. A spokesman was quick to note that the chain has not detected the bacteria in its supplies, “but with an abundance of caution, we want to make sure our food items containing tomatoes are absolutely safe," he told the Chicago Tribune . More »

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      FDA  • restaurant  • outbreak  • McDonald's  • salmonella  • tomatoes  • bacteria  • CDC  • sandwich

    • Cancer-Beating Achatz Hailed as Top US Chef

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jun 9, 08 10:54 AM CDT

      Cancer-Beating Achatz Hailed as Top US Chef

      Just months after beating a cancer that nearly cost him his sense of taste, Grant Achatz was named America's top chef last night by the James Beard Foundation at the culinary world's equivalent of the Academy Awards. "I look at the award as the point of starting over," said the 34-year-old Achatz, who helms four-star Chicago eatery Alinea. More »

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      Chicago  • food  • restaurant  • chef  • Grant Achatz  • Alinea

    • Senate Moves to Privatize Anemic Restaurants

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 9, 08 8:03 AM CDT

      Senate Moves to Privatize Anemic Restaurants

      The Senate has voted to privatize its restaurants after decades of losing money, the Washington Post reports. The decision comes after much wrangling among Democrats, split between the $250,000 taxpayer subsidy that keeps the restaurants afloat and the lower wages workers would receive. “You cannot stand on the Senate floor and condemn the privatization of workers, and then turn around and privatize the workers here in the Senate," said one Dem. More »

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      Congress  • Senate  • restaurant  • privatization  • Dianne Feinstein  • tax  • subsidies

  • May 2008

    • Restaurants' Used Grease Draws Thieves

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 30, 08 7:40 AM CDT

      Restaurants' Used Grease Draws Thieves

      For decades restaurants have thrown away their used cooking grease without a second thought; now, they’re trying to protect it from thieves. Almost anyone can convert the yellow grease into cheap biodiesel using kits sold on the internet, and restaurant oil bins have become go-to destinations for everyone from environmentalists to thieves who siphon tanks in the dead of the night. More »

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      oil price  • restaurant  • biofuel  • theft  • cooking oil

    • NYC Institution Bidding Final Bon Appetits

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 21, 08 3:27 PM CDT

      NYC Institution Bidding Final Bon Appetits

      Few places encapsulate New York's transformation from crime-ridden metropolis to Sex and the City -fied playground than Florent, a French restaurant housed in an old diner in the meatpacking district. A 24-hour hangout for slumming A-listers and transvestite prostitutes, Florent is closing after 23 years in the face of a 2,000% rent hike. The Times interviews a dozen regulars on the end of an era. More »

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      New York  • restaurant  • Gentrification

    • Hard to Swallow: 8 Taboo Delicacies

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  May 20, 08 12:57 PM CDT

      Hard to Swallow: 8 Taboo Delicacies

      The return of foie gras to Chicago's menus inspires Newsweek to list dishes still considered too dicey to serve: Maggot cheese: Injected with larvae that pose health risks Puffer fish: Incorrectly prepared fugu can be fatal More »

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      FDA  • restaurant  • gourmet dining  • banned foods  • foie gras  • absinthe  • fugu

    • Chicago Ducks Foie Gras Ban

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  May 15, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Chicago Ducks Foie Gras Ban

      A Chicago restaurant ban on foie gras pate that animal lovers love to hate has been lifted by city legislators after two years. The ban caused widespread derision among foodies, fury in the restaurant industry—and plaudits from animal rights advocates who wanted to save the force-fed ducks and geese whose super fatty livers make the pate. Mayor Richard Daley bulldozed the repeal through the City Council, reports the Sun Times . More »

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      Chicago  • restaurant  • animal rights  • Richard Daley  • city council  • foie gras

    • Bans Keep Teens From Lighting Up

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 6, 08 11:27 AM CDT

      Bans Keep Teens From Lighting Up

      Restaurant smoking bans are effective at discouraging teen smoking, the AP reports. Studying Massachusetts because of its patchwork of local smoking restrictions, researchers found that teens living in places with strict bans were 40% less likely to become smokers. Local laws didn’t change how many experimented with cigarettes, but had an effect on how many moved on to habitual smoking. More »

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      smoking  • restaurant  • Massachusetts  • cigarettes  • smoking ban  • cigarette  • teen smoking

  • April 2008

    • Service Sector Sees First-Hand the Economy's Tipping Point

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 29, 08 3:50 PM CDT

      Service Sector Sees First-Hand the Economy's Tipping Point

      Restaurants across the country have been dealing with shrinking dinner rushes as the economy slows, a trend that's hit their waitstaffs flush in the wallet. Though exact figures are tough to come by, anecdotal evidence suggests tips are falling, the Los Angeles Times reports—a big problem for the third-largest US employer, and for other service-sector employees reliant on gratuities. More »

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      recession  • restaurant  • service industry  • tips

    • Genitals On the Menu at Beijing's Penis Bistro

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Apr 26, 08 4:27 PM CDT

      Genitals On the Menu at Beijing's Penis Bistro

      If your idea of good eating doesn't stretch to yak's penis or duck testicles, then Beijing's Guolizhuang restaurant definitely isn't the place for you. The exclusive restaurant's menu is made up almost entirely of penis and testicle dishes, Der Speigel reports. Well-heeled businessmen flock in for dishes such as "Jasmine Flowers with 1,000 Layers"—otherwise known as sliced donkey penis. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • restaurant  • Chinese food  • restaurateurs  • penis

    • Restaurants Hungry for Economic Recovery

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 24, 08 1:04 PM CDT

      Restaurants Hungry for Economic Recovery

      Rising costs, tightening credit, and trimmed consumer spending are giving restaurateurs indigestion as they struggle with a slowdown the industry says is its worst in decades, reports the Wall Street Journal. A spate of bankruptcy filings and woeful earnings reports have chains slowing expansion and cutting amenities. With a minimum wage hike set for this summer, things could get worse. More »

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      food prices  • restaurant  • McDonald's  • debt  • restaurateurs

    • NY Stays Calorie-Count Law

      newser  |  Village Voice  |  Apr 21, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      NY Stays Calorie-Count Law

      Today a New York judge delayed a law requiring Big Apple eateries to list calorie content on menus. Set to kick in today, the law is now slated to take effect Friday—which gives the city time to sort out a suit by New York restaurants, which are seeking yet another stay. Meanwhile, the Village Voice visits a few restaurants to chat up servers and reconsider TGI Friday's' 2,000-calorie ribs. More »

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      New York  • public health  • restaurant  • nutrition  • calories  • appellate court  • calorie-posting law

    • UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 11, 08 7:21 PM CDT

      UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion

      Some Britons are choking on Hooters' plan to serve up another 35 locations in the UK, the Guardian reports. Britain has one so far, but feminists are already accusing the chain of importing misogyny and sexist entertainment with its chicken wings. "Without the sexualised waiters and the soft porn and sport on display, what would men go for?" one asked. "They can get better and cheaper chicken wings in KFC." More »

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      Great Britain  • restaurant  • sexism  • misogyny  • Hooters  • sex trade  • strip club  • sex industry  • stag parties

    • Italians Find Their Cuisine in Foreign Hands

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 8, 08 5:00 PM CDT

      Italians Find Their Cuisine in Foreign Hands

      While immigrant-staffed kitchens are the norm throughout Europe, Italians regard their food as an integral part of national identity. So what to make of the fact that the best carbonara in Rome is made by a Tunisian chef? The ensuing debate—whether Italian cuisine made by non-Italians is authentic—is likely to grow, reports the New York Times . More »

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      food  • Italy  • restaurant  • immigrant  • chef

    • Top New Chefs: Read 'Em & Eat!

      newser  |  Food & Wine  |  Apr 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Top New Chefs: Read 'Em &amp; Eat!

      Food & Wine has posted its Best New Chef awards for 2008. Look for their profiles in the July issue, but take a peek at the winners here: Jim Burke: owner of James , a modern Italian restaurant in Philadelphia's Bella Vista neighborhood. Gerard Craft: owner and chef at Niche in St. Louis, where bacon and eggs sandwich and braised pork belly top the menu. More »

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      list  • food  • restaurant  • wine  • chef  • best restaurants  • Food & Wine

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