Biography

Patricia Cobe

Senior Editor

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Pat plans and executes menu, food and drink stories for Restaurant Business, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She edits the weekly On the Menu newsletter and writes the regular Behind the Menu and Taste Tracker features. Pat hosts a weekly podcast called Menu Talk in collaboration with Bret Thorn of Nation's Restaurant News, covering a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.

Pat came to Informa Connect from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.

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The Eatery at Pitt Eats boasts 11 new campus dining concepts

University of Pittsburgh and Chartwells Higher Ed master-minded the multi-million-dollar transformation to reflect the city’s diversity of cuisines and cultures.

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Chef Daryeal Murphy captures seniors' cherished recipes in YouTube series

The “Dinner with Daryeal” video series, produced by CCL Hospitality Group, stars six residents recording their food memories as the chef cooks their dishes.

Over 20 new menu items make their debut Saturday for the team’s first pre-season game.

The foodservice company generated funds from sales of two honey-sweetened craft cocktails served at 100 of its U.S. locations.

Foodservice directors are working with local partners to enhance menu development, sustainability efforts and programming.

Chef Nazim Khan mobilized local farmers to grow greens for the hospital, promising to purchase in volume and help with distribution.

With expanded funding and identification of more students in need by social workers in the Beacon, N.Y. school district, the program now reaches more families throughout the year, including the summer.

There’s a day this summer to celebrate everything from chicken wings to ice cream, caviar, French fries, tequila and even Spam. Why the deluge?

Foodservice provider CulinArt piloted a program at three accounts to promote the sustainability and health benefits of aquatic foods.

The latest consumer trend data released by Yelp reveals an uptick in these restaurant searches and several others since last year.

From fast casuals to fine dining, Boston offers a large selection of restaurants serving local specialties and global cuisines.

From AI as a menu-planning tool to pickling vegetable scraps, these ideas are ready to put into action, courtesy of the Menu Directions conference.

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