By Leslie Patton and Kate Krader When Chicago restaurant owner Manish Mallick does the math, the outlook isn’t pretty: Sales are 10% of what they were, while costs continue to pile up, from credit… 2.2 Million Restaurants Worldwide Teeter on Brink of Collapse
The american restaurant as you knew it died on March 19. That’s the day Governor Gavin Newsom issued a stay-in order to the citizens of California, the first in a 50-state cascade that brought to an… An Extinction Event for America’s Restaurants The post-pandemic dining experience will be unrecognizable.
BY Chris Young This newly-patented ‘instant ice cream’ is an impressive feat of physics and engineering that is also greener. There’s always been a fine line between physics and magic; whether it’s demonstrations of the… ‘Carbonated Ice Cream’ is an Example of Tasty Engineering
BackBack in 2011, shortly after taking ownership of the 100-year-old Nom Wah Tea Parlor, Wilson Tang wanted to sell jars of branded chile oil. But his first batch did not meet the labeling requirements for… Chile Oil Is So Hot Right Now As chefs and restaurateurs create their own versions of the condiment, chile oil has reached cult status here in the States
By Gabrielle Hamilton On the night before I laid off all 30 of my employees, I dreamed that my two children had perished, buried alive in dirt, while I dug in the wrong place, just… My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?
Long before coronavirus upended everyone’s lives, Pennsylvania dairy farmer Brenda Cochran had been living in near-perpetual crisis. Five years of low milk prices have had the farm operating in the red, the family avoiding calls… The Coronavirus Pandemic is Pushing Dairy Farmers to the Brink
A mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours has been created by scientists. The enzyme, originally discovered in a compost heap of leaves, reduced the bottles to chemical building blocks… Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours
I have always thought to myself that the version of Top Chef that I would want to watch would be chef-owners plunging a toilet, cleaning an overflowing grease trap, balancing a balance sheet, and running… What Does It Really Cost to Run a Restaurant?
Midwest farmers face a crisis. Hundreds are dying by suicide. Katie Wedell, Lucille Sherman and Sky Chadde, USA TODAY NetworkUpdated 1 hour ago One by one, the three men from the same close-knit community took… SEEDS OF DESPAIR More than 450 farmers killed themselves across nine Midwestern states from 2014 to 2018. Meanwhile, calls to Farm Aid’s crisis hotline soar.
ORANGE COUNTY, NY — Dana Putnam drilled into a maple tree, added a plastic tube and waited for the sap to flow. Nothing happened. It’s the end of winter — prime tree-tapping time for New… Hotter winters, darker syrup: Maple farmers fear climate change will upend New York’s industry