TOKYO —Prospective students of an all-girls high school here need not apply if they don’t know how to use chopsticks properly. According to a report by the Associated Press, all applicants of...
Chefs increasingly are turning to a repertory of spices that is commonly found in Indian cooking. While some are simply dipping into tins of curry powder, others are starting from scratch, toasting and grinding whole spices...
NEW YORK —Nirvana 54, a new Indian restaurant here, has honored actor Richard Gere with a somewhat dubious distinction: It has named its most hidden and romantic table after him. Turns out...
PALO ALTO Calif. Freezing temperatures throughout California have triggered a spike in the price of local produce, according to processors and foodservice operators in northern California, an epicenter of the buy-local movement. The impact...
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND —Porta-Potties have always been popular with folks on the move, but one man at a pub here recently took that popularity to new heights. The man, a patron at the Royal Oak pub, removed one of the urinals from...
In February, Acqua Pazza, an upscale restaurant in midtown Manhattan featuring creative Italian food, will close for a makeover. It will reopen not as a more casual trattoria, nor as a Tuscan steakhouse, but as Anthos, named for the Greek word for...
CHEVY CHASE MD. —Shopping mall developer Mills Corp., a majority stakeholder in FoodBrand LLC, a food court specialist that operates about 80 mall-based restaurants, may be forced to seek bankruptcy...
SACRAMENTO CALIF. —Fearing the devil in the details, operators of restaurants throughout California are gearing up for a long battle over the universal-health-care reform plan that Gov. Arnold...