5 Best Restaurants for a Business Dinner
The Power Dinner: This is where we want to go to pop some corks, get pampered, and celebrate deals, promotions, partnerships in style, without stuffiness. An... View slideshow
Clarissa Cruz
5 Best Restaurants for a Business Lunch
High-powered clientele. Luxurious atmosphere. Impeccable service. And yes, delicious food. A restaurant can have all of these things and still not make our P... View slideshow
The Rare Delights of Paying the Bill
The little things a restaurant does to show customers its love can go a long way—especially at the end of a meal. Read story
Bracing for the Foie Gras Ban
With a ban on producing or serving fois gras lurking on the horizon, how are California's top chefs reacting to dropping the delicacy from their menus? Read story
How to Survive Bad Press
When a prominent critic slams your restaurant, how do you recover? Last August, New York Times restaurant reviewer Sam Sifton Read story
Branding Lessons from Gwyneth Paltrow
It's official: Gwyneth Paltrow has made the transition from ice-princess, Oscar-winning Read story
Who Won at the James Beard Awards
It was a big night for the ladies at The James Beard Foundation annual awardsfest, which took place May 9 in New York City: Prune chef (and best-selling <... Read story
Restaurant Trend: Career Waiters
As the old joke goes, two people meet at a party. Guest 1 asks Guest 2 what he does for a living. "I'm an actor," he answers. "Ah," Guest 1 says, nodding.... Read story
How to Run a Seasonal Business
After New Yorker Alex Rein lost his job as a corporate lawyer in 2009, he decided to trade long hours reading contracts at his desk for... slushies. But n... Read story
Olive Garden's Ad Campaign Backfires
We all have our chain restaurant guilty pleasures. For me, it's the Cheddar Bay biscuits at Red Lobster: hot, buttery and "made from scratch and baked eve... Read story
A Start-up Combines Slim Jims and Red Bull
Meet the founder of a new product called Perky Jerky, coming soon to a supermarket near you. Read story
Building a Personal Brand
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan talks about promoting herself and her book, A Tiger in the Kitchen, on Facebook and Twitter. Read story
Tableside Tablet Computing
Restaurants that use tablet computers in their dining rooms find that customers spend up to 12 percent more. Read story
How to Lose a Loyal Diner
A favorite restaurant has an off-night, and very nearly loses a loyal customer. Read story
Would You Lie to a Customer?
Most restaurants try to accommodate special requests : Omitting chopped pe... Read story
Best New Chefs of 2011
For the first time ever, this year's honorees of Food & Wine's annual award include a winner of TV's Top Chef . Read story
Trend: Kids-Free Restaurants
Some restaurants are beginning to refuse reservations to parties with kids. Is this a good idea? Read story
A New Way to Tip
Menus at chic restaurants around the country are experimenting with a new offer: tipping the kitchen with beer. Read story
A Look at the James Beard Noms
It's Jean George Vongrichten's ABC Kitchen versus Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone's Torrisi Italian Specialties. Read story
Bringing a Weird Product to Market
Take beef jerky, add Red Bull, and what do you get? An idea for a new product. But will consumers bite? Read story
The Perils of Expansion
"I basically opened a restaurant a year for the past five years and I can honestly say I regret it," says one restaurateur. Read story
Star Chefs' Personal Late-Night Menus
Working late? Some chefs share their favorite late-night, post-work menus. Read story
What the Stars Ate Last Night
How do you keep 1,500 power players well-fed and happy on Hollywood's biggest night? No one knows better than Wolfgang Puck, who has been catering the Gov... Read story
Spring Break for Chefs
At the annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami, guests were offered champagne, seared pork belly, and, well, dog food. Read story
Live from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Bobby Flay, Rachael Ray, Michael Symon, Ingrid Hoffman, Spike Mendelsohn, Masaharu Morimoto and more converge on Miami. Read story
Building a Successful Food Blog
With great recipes and a commitment to editorial integrity, Deb Perelman’s smittenkitchen.com has attracted a legion of fans. Here's how she did it. Read story
Turning Fierceness Into a Brand
Designer Christian Siriano of Project Runway fame takes time out from Fashion Week to talk about growing sales and falling models. Read story
What Makes a Great Restaurant Host
Front-of-house hiring tips from Marea's Michael White, Comme Ca's David Myers, and Blue Ribbons' Eric and Bruce Bromberg. Read story
The Economics of Prix-Fixe Menus
It may have been frigid outside, but three girlfriends and I weren't feeling the cold as we enjoyed a scrumptious feast at the Michelin-starred restaurant... Read story
How to Take a Local Brand National
"It's all about Facebooking, Tweeting and friending people," says Elaina Scotto of Scotto restaurant in New York City. Read story
Get Your Bacalao On
Bacalao. Paprika-dusted potatoes. Chorizo, chorizo, chorizo. The hearty, straightforward flavors of Portuguese cuisine are about to go mainstream if recen... Read story
Politician Settles Olive Pit Lawsuit
Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Democrat, has settled a lawsuit with a Congressional cafeteria. Read story
Customers Who Eat and Run
A dine-and-dash spree hits high-end restaurants. Read story
What You’ll Be Drinking in 2011
"Consumers are not satisfied with the usual cabernet and chardonnay," says one wine director. "They're looking for new things." Read story
What You’ll Be Eating in 2011
Top chefs including Jose Andres, Homaro Cantu, and David Myers spot the trends that will shape food in 2011. Read story
Guilt Trip at the Grocery Store?
New USDA rules will require calorie counts on the labels of beef, poultry, pork and lamb. Read story
How to Look Like a Big Shot For Less Than $30
Five great restaurants to take clients for an affordable business lunch—if you stick with the prix fixe menu. Read story
Restaurant Fights Critic on Tumblr
When a notoriously tough critic showed up at a Los Angeles restaurant, its staff decided to fight back by throwing her out—and posting a picture of her on ... Read story
Business Lunch Do's and Don'ts
Lydia Ramsey, author of Manners That Sell: Adding the Polish That Builds Profits, on the etiquette of drinking alcohol, ordering appetizers, checking e-mail,... Read story
Handling Off-the-Menu Requests
I have a friend who always, always has to request something special when she orders at a restaurant. Yes, she'd like the cheeseburger, but can she have th... Read story
