Patricia Cobe

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Recipe report: Get healthy

In this first week of the new year, many of diners are trying to stick to their resolution to eat healthier. Help them get off to a successful start with recipes that incorporate healthy ingredients, lean cooking techniques and exciting flavors. 

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Offbeat menu items of 2016

A look back at the most fun and thought-provoking fare offered at chain concepts this past year.

Brighten up winter menus with fresh, colorful salads. Although local produce may be less abundant, there are plenty of root vegetables, greens and seasonal fruits to toss into the salad bowl. These recipes prove that winter doesn’t have to be a salad wasteland. 

See how one chef satisfies the differing health and menu preferences of older residents and baby boomers.

These predictions grabbed our attention while looking through the National Restaurant Association’s 2017 culinary forecast.

Millennials and Gen Zers are heavy drinkers—of nonalcoholic beverages, that is. Respondents in the 18-34 age group purchase drinks four times a week.

Operators across the country are discovering that nostalgia sells.

The players' training table inspires the menu at the cafes and concessions in the sports complex.

Festive beverages are getting customers in the door during the busy holiday season.

To keep ahead of what's trending, steal these ideas from innovative Los Angeles operations. 

Soups and stews are natural vehicles for these odds and ends of vegetables, grains and proteins, but you can’t just add items aimlessly into the pot.

David Perkins, head chef at Connecticut College, blamed lack of veggie burger sales on frozen product, and set to work creating a from-scratch version.

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