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Why it’s OK to send restaurant food back

Are you really such a big deal? No. So stop worrying that you’ll make others feel awkward

Fast food worth a stop: America's best regional chains

Some are big and some are tiny, but all are worth trying for their unique spin on road food.

How To Pick The Best Rotisserie Chicken At The Grocery Store

For Bon Appetit, by Ashley Mason.If we had a dollar for every time we relied on a rotisserie chicken for a quick and painless dinner, well, let...

12 Dishes You Should Beg Your Local Chinese Restaurant To Serve

If you're sick of General Tso's and crab rangoon, nudge your local Chinese joint to add these to the menu.

What Kind Of Hot Pepper Are You?

10 tips to help you grill burgers to perfection

By Susan Selasky, Detroit Free PressAmericans consume some 50 billion hamburgers a year. What’s so hard about shaping some ground meat into a patty and cooking it?Meat experts, cookbook authors and chefs say plenty.We use the wrong grind of beef. We handle the meat and shape them wrong. We cook t

Tips for eating out alone??

So I’ve made a reservation for a Hibachi restaurant for one tomorrow at 5:45pm and I am excited but also nervous. I love being alone and some of the friendships I have means I have to beg people to go out with me and most of the time, they don’t wanna go out and try new things. I’ve never been...

What Are 10 Important Facets of a Fine Dining Restaurant?

Fine dining restaurants are all different but share similar characteristics: attention to detail, perfect execution, and exceptional service.

Dining Room / Service Skills

Here's a list of common skills for dining room and service positions.For job seekers: Consider referencing this list to help you showcase your own experience...

Polished-casual restaurant concepts dress down ‘stuffy’ dining ideas

A step up from traditional casual dining, this new category provides an approachable escape for guests who are ready to get out of the house — but who aren’t ready to give up the flip-flops and yoga pants just yet

Enjoy patio dining while you can

How many times have you walked into a restaurant with a patio and scoffed at the absurdity of outdoor dining? In Phoenix? Are you kidding? I do it all the time. “Do you prefer to sit in our dining room or on our patio?” Dumb question! It’s only as the weather begins to ease up …

Optimizing Your Space: Restaurants

Artificial boxwood hedges create privacy by beautifully blending into the existing atmosphere. Add a hedge in between tables or booths for small, seamless soundproofing.

Spotting the Risks of Indoor Dining

Experts suggest signs to look for, and situations to avoid, as restaurants reopen.

Pork producers to answer questions

Bring any sow-housing questions to World Pork Expo and meet one-on-one with other pork producers. Whether they are about erecting new buildings or remodeling existing stall barns into group pens,

It’s not just you: Restaurants have gotten too loud. But there are some fixes.

A sound-engineering project called Constellation looks to enhance each table’s conversation while simultaneously fuzzing out the rest.

Who do you trust more? The food critic or the crowd

As someone who tells readers where to eat, this was an interesting turn of the dining tables. Could crowdsourcing guide restaurant critic Amy Pataki to good food?

Restaurants get creative to keep outdoor dining alive in cooler months

There is a chill in the air as summer winds down. What does that mean for all the restaurants that have been relying on outdoor dining to help them survive the pandemic?