The Chipotle Effect, Better Beer, Cheetos Ban And More

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 How The Chipotle Effect Changed Restaurants Forever Over the past month, Taco Bell, Wendy's and Sbarro all announced that they were taking drastic measures to refresh their respective brand's images. The stated goal of the comprehensive modernizations at Wendy's and Sbarro was to make them more like hugely successful fast-casual chains such as Five Guys, Chipotle and Panera. Barley Genome Breakthrough May Lead To Better Beer Restaurants Use Instagram To Tap Into Food Porn Obsession Dogfish Head Teams Up With Grateful Dead For 'American Beauty' Beer WATCH: Charlie Bit My Finger Ragu Commercial Is Pretty Cute Flamin' Hot Cheetos Banned In 3 States BLOG POSTS Lawrence Williams: The New Stewards of the American Diet: In Defense of (Some) Restaurants Better for you food may not be cheapest, but it is less expensive than health care. And that is something we should all get behind. Foodiggity: The Knuckle Pounder Meat Tenderizer Is that ribeye acting all tough again? Or, perhaps you'd just like to keep a few cutlets in line? Rebecca Gerendasy: How to Make Bread and Butter Pickles (Video) For those looking for their first canning adventure, or for those new to pickling cucumbers, Yeoman's shows you the complete process, and how easy it is to make your own fresh pickles. Richard Jennings: Portugal: Small But Mighty in the World of Wine For a relatively tiny country -- smaller in area than the state of Kentucky -- Portugal is a prodigious producer of wine. It has long been the source of some of the wine world's great fortified wines -- Port from the Douro and vintage Madeira from the island of Madeira off the coast of North Africa. Josh Garrett: Food Waste In, Renewable Energy Out: Startup Re-Nuble Is Crowdfunding the Local Green Economy As the memories of rationing and victory gardens fade from its collective consciousness, the United States has become a nation of supremely wasteful eaters.

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