Technomic, a Chicago-based national restaurant consulting and research firm, culled the data from the top 500 chain restaurants in the country. Chicken strips tops the list of most common apps on menus–no surprise. But people still want to eat ...
It’s an old saw: restaurants born in Dallas don’t fly too well in Austin, and Austin restos don’t usually translate well to Dallas. Remember Star Canyon? El Arroyo? J. Black’s Feel Good Lounge, a sharing-plate and ...
I’m a fan of Creme de la Cookie, the bakery in Snider Plaza that inhabits the old Dough Monkey space. A lot of people thought Creme de la Cookie woudn’t make it. If Dough Monkey failed, they reasoned, how could another bakery possibly ...
Photo courtesy CR/PWS Marketing Board If you’re a wild salmon fan–especially the first-of-the-season Copper River Kings–circle next week on your calendar. “It’s going to be a good year for Copper River Salmon,” ...
Sommeliers recommend wines for a living. A good sommelier listens to a guest and suggests something that not only meets but exceeds their expectations. But when we wine professionals are choosing for ourselves, what do we like to drink? You can ...
One doesn’t think of the French wine industry needing to promote itself that much—after all, how much does Kleenex need to advertise that they make facial tissue? But with the explosive appreciation of wines from countries like Chile, Portugal ...
If you’ve ever bought wine at Costco, you probably know Cameron Hughes. the budget wine label whose cut-rate bottles are often among the least expensive wines in the store. They’re sold with numbers as names–Lot 164 Rutherford ...