Patricia Cobe
Senior Editor
Contact PatriciaPat 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.
Articles by
Patricia Cobe
Page 1Are all these national food holidays silly or are they seriously good for business?
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?
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Foodservice provider CulinArt piloted a program at three accounts to promote the sustainability and health benefits of aquatic foods.