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For as long as there have been cameras, there have been photos of people doing interesting or silly or dangerous things, often in exotic locales. The difference is that until the latter part of the...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the U.S.’s restaurant industry, including on the uniquely American institution of diners. Like many eating establishments, diners were brought...
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The food Americans have missed the most during long months of not dining out — and most look forward to eating again when restaurant-going gets back to normal — is Mexican, according to figures...
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Drinking habits, like just about everything else, vary from place to place, and some cocktails and other types of beverages are more closely identified with certain states than others. People have...
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The average lifespan of an independent restaurant in America is said to be somewhere between three and five years. Some last a lot longer than that, but longevity isn’t the same thing as eternal...
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Most countries around the world produce and enthusiastically consume alcoholic beverages of various kinds. The exceptions are primarily those with a majority Muslim population — Islam eschews...
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Around the world, many millions of people don’t have enough to eat, and what they do eat must be begged or foraged. Many millions more eat meals that are spare and as cheap as possible — a few...
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These days, there are people making artisanal tortillas in Ireland, small-batch soy sauce in Kentucky, and Spanish-style sausage in southwestern Georgia. It might be hard to remember, then, that...
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Chicken wings — along with every other edible part of the bird — have been eaten in North America at least since the 1500s. “Wings” per se, on the other hand, are a much more recent...
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Pizza got started as food for the poor. It was born in southern Italy and originally involved only the cheapest of ingredients — leftover bread dough from the baker’s oven, tomatoes (which were...
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Back in the old days, band names were simple. Some were christened for their leaders, like Stan Kenton and His Orchestra or Bill Haley and the Comets, while others meant to be stylish or at least...
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It’s no secret that 2020 was a tough year for the restaurant industry. Restaurants are built around the idea of conviviality — eating and drinking as a social activity in close quarters in a...
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The average lifespan of an independent restaurant in America is said to be somewhere between three and five years. Some last a lot longer than that, but longevity isn’t the same thing as eternal...
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During Donald Trump’s presidency, much was written about his eating habits — his love for well-done steak, Egg McMuffins, and chocolate cake; the $5,500 fast-food feast he served the Clemson...
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Many chain restaurants constantly reinvent themselves with rebranding, redesigns, new technology — and perhaps most of all, new menu items. From Taco Bell to Jamba to Applebee’s, things change....
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