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Food trends and recipes to keep menus fresh

Pizza serves as a blank canvas for culinary innovation—in the U.S. at least

By Nancy Kruse on May 03, 2024

State of the Plate: Italians are strict about their pies, but American pizza chefs have an array of seemingly endless riffs on the popular dish, menu trends columnist Nancy Kruse writes.

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How restaurants are snagging the new pack of snackers

By Patricia Cobe on May 03, 2024

The demand for anytime, anywhere eating keeps rising, and operators are noticing, competing to offer a greater variety of value-priced and inventive snacks to steal customers away from retail.

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How we all came to scream for ice cream

By Peter Romeo on May 02, 2024

Restaurant Rewind: 'Tis the season to break out the sprinkles and split a few bananas. Join us as we look at the origins of ice cream and how it evolved to the sales-driver it is today.

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Arby's rolls out limited-time sauce named for Beyoncé's horse

By Patricia Cobe on May 02, 2024

The fast-food restaurant chain is debuting Chardonneigh’s Horsey Sauce, which was inspired by the cover image on the singer’s Cowboy Carter country music album.

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Nando's Americanizes its menu a bit as U.S. expansion continues

By Patricia Cobe on May 01, 2024

Behind the Menu: Favorites like mac and cheese, bowls and salads join the fast casual’s Afro-Portuguese-rooted dishes, including the signature peri-peri chicken.

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Lettuce Entertain You shares new initiatives, Eggs Up Grill makes menu moves, and the dish on pizza styles and Brooklyn food

By Patricia Cobe and Bret Thorn on Apr. 30, 2024

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret dig into the latest food and drink trends and restaurant news.

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Chili's takes shot at the Big Mac with new Big Smasher burger

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 29, 2024

The burger mirrors McDonald’s signature sandwich in almost every way and continues Chili’s efforts to steal share from fast-food chains.

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Qdoba, Bob Evans and Taco Bell ready their menus for May

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 29, 2024

Taste Tracker: Lucille’s Smokehouse cooks up BBQ feasts; baked falafel comes to Taziki’s; borracho beans return to Fuzzy’s; Panera celebrates Derby Day and Jimmy John’s has a gift for moms.

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