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Food and Beverage Industry News
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A New Way to Tip
Menus at chic restaurants around the country are experimenting with a new offer: tipping the kitchen with beer. Read more
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 more
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 more
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 more
Star Chefs' Personal Late-Night Menus
Working late? Some chefs share their favorite late-night, post-work menus. Read more
Inc. 5000 Update: Brewing for Dollars
Greg Koch of Stone Brewing shares how he is microbrewing his way to success. Read more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 more
Ownership Matters
Yesterday we informed our shareholders that Coca-Cola intends to exercise its right to buy the remainder of Honest Tea. While that development on its own ... Read more
Cupcake Bakery Crumbs to Go Public
For the past three years, the seven-year-old chain has steadily climbed the Inc. 5000 rankings, generating more than $30 million in revenue last year. Read more
Man Sues Restaurant Over Artichoke
I'm all for adventurous eating. Monkfish liver? Love it. Trippa alla romana? Bring it on. A quivering mass of bone marrow, sprinkled with sea salt? Butter... Read more
Small Kombucha Brewers Find Themselves in Hot Water
Dozens of small brewers suddenly in dire straits as the government weighs whether the popular bottled tea should be regulated as an alcoholic beverage. Read more
Business Tips from the Best New Chefs
Food & Wine magazine recently named the Best New Chefs of 2010. We asked several of these restaurateurs to discuss how they have built their reputatio... View slideshow
A Free Beer With Every Haircut
Birds Barbershop has tapped into the energy of Austin, Texas, to build a $2 million business with four locations in just three years. View slideshow
Bill Niman’s Next Move
The natural-meat pioneer strikes back with a new company, BN Ranch -- and something to prove Read more
How We Did It: Sara Wilson and Warren Wilson, The Snack Factory
As told to Aviva Yael Industry Leader: Food & Beverage Three-Year Growth: Read more
The Way I Work: Roger Berkowitz
"People who want me to do something have to remind me repeatedly. It's management by being nagged." Read more
How to Be an Effective Leader
A legendary restaurateur taught me to use constant, gentle pressure to manage my growing company. Read more
The Squash Blossom Solution
At the high, high end of the market, the Jones family of Huron, Ohio, outruns the economics of modern farming. Read more
The Billionaire Bootstrapper: Extended Q&A
A $550 sink nearly prevented Fred DeLuca from amassing a billion-dollar fortune Read more
10 Questions for Fred Franzia
What's your favorite part of a typical day? Getting here in the morning and seeing what exciting news I have waiting for me... Read more
A Recipe for Perfection
America's poshest inn reveals its secrets for satisfying the world's toughest customers. Read more
