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There’s no American equivalent to France’s famed Guide Michelin, with its much coveted star ratings of restaurants and recommendations of hotels. Michelin itself does publish guides to Chicago,...
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People have been finding ways to preserve food for centuries. The method of storing it in a can dates back to France in the early 19th century. The military was going hungry, and the government...
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America’s most famous carnival, Mardi Gras, will be celebrated on Feb. 25 this year. The occasion, whose name is French for “fat Tuesday,” began as a last-gasp bacchanal before the temporary...
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The restaurant business is a tough one, and it’s no surprise that restaurants come and go with some regularity. Statistics on restaurant failure rates vary widely. One estimate suggests that up to...
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Food is the third-largest living expense (after housing and transportation) for the average American family. That’s probably inevitable. We have to eat to live, and for a whole host of reasons, the...
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The world’s most expensive wine in the world in recent years was probably an Australian vino. The Penfolds Ampoule Bin 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 has a price tag of $168,576 a bottle. It...
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Our ideal breakfast in this country consists of scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, toast, and coffee with milk. At least that’s according to research collected by the international data and analytics...
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About 3 three billion pizzas are sold in America each year — about 350 slices a second. Not counting Italian, Mediterranean, or American restaurants that may have a pizza section on their menus,...
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As if the 25% tariff levied by the U.S. on single malt Scotch whisky imports in October weren’t bad enough (an industry group predicts it could cost Scottish distillers $130 million in lost exports...
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Chain restaurants are big business. U.S. sales alone for the industry leader, McDonald’s, exceeded $38 billion in 2018. Second-place Starbucks managed a mere $19.66 billion, just over half the...
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Chinese New Year starts this Saturday, January 25 — the first day of the annual Spring Festival that is considered the most important Chinese holiday. Also called the Lunar New Year, it is...
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