The Business of Food
Asian Steak Tacos with Spicy Mushroom Salsa
Elise and I recently started receiving Bon Appétit magazine, although neither of us signed up for it and we’ve never been charged, but hey – it’s a good magazine so why look a gift horse in the mouth, right? At any rate, the latest issue was the “BBQ Issue”, and a number of recipe ideas [...]
Are You The Next “Organic Idol”?
Are you all about organic foods? And love the spotlight? Wanna share your love with the world? The Organic Agriculture and Products Education Institute (Organic Institute) – the non-profit and educational arm of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) , is searching for their first-ever spokesperson. And it could be you! Simply create and submit a [...]
Godiva for iPhone???
In “I think you’re trying too hard” news, Godiva announced yesterday that they are releasing an app for the iPhone. Un huh. According to their PR release, it will “allows users to install a Godiva Mobile storefront on their iPhone or iTouch and features an optimized shopping experience a well as additional features, such as [...]
Texas Toast Breakfast Sandwiches??!?!
In a move I personally see as breakfast heresy, Hardee’s will be introducing a line of breakfast sandwiches on Texas Toast. Yeah that’s right, big fat slabs of buttered and grilled french bread. Ok maybe I’m biased because I’ve never been a huge fan of texas toast to begin with, but on a breakfast sandwich? [...]
How to Read a Wine Label – WSJ.com
Say you’re in the wine store and you want to buy something new. You have nothing to go by outside of the label. Will the label tell you anything you should know? We were asked this question by Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air” recently and we realized that, surprisingly, we’d never been asked that [...]
Restaurant Traffic Down
As this lovely bar graph from NPD (a foodservice insights company) shows, traffic at restaurants and other foodservice outlets was indeed down in December versus last year. The rumors are true, we are in a recession and people are saving their cash. And their credit, for that matter. I also think it’s interesting to look [...]
Speaking of Tea…
Snapple lovers – The New York Times has some interesting news for us. According to one of their recent articles, Snapple has reformulated their teas to phase out high fructose corn syrup. Hooray! The funny part is that this has apparently resulted in a decrease of calories for some flavors. They’re also redesigning the logo, [...]
Coffee: Independents Up and Latte Personalities
So the worsening economy would lead you to assume that independent coffee shops are suffering, right? Well apparently not. A recent AP article reports that unlike Starbucks, whose profits in the most recent quarter were down 69%, many independent coffee shops are boasting double digit growth. Confused? It seems that not only are these local [...]
BOGO @ TGIF!
Nope, that headline isn’t gibberish – T.G.I. Friday’s is offering a buy one get one free coupon on entrees, valid thru March 1st. Yes that’s right, T.G.I. Friday’s economic pain is your culinary gain. Just print the coupon found at the attached link, and enjoy. http://www.tgifridays.com/promos/bogo_2009_02.aspx?fromhome
Coming Soon: New frozen CPK options
Kraft Foods will be introducing a few new members to its frozen California Pizza Kitchen lineup in a few weeks: family sized, 12 inch self-rising crust home versions of the restaurant favorites. Currently, these flavors are out there, but in smaller sizes not designed to share. Hooray for less pizza fights! The 4 new flavors [...]
