
KFC launches China campaign to rebuild brand
KFC launched a campaign Monday to rebuild its battered brand in China, promising tighter quality control after a scandal over misuse of drugs by its ...

'Top Chef: Seattle' down to final 2 chefs
Kristen Kish is no longer among the leftovers on "Top Chef: Seattle." The 28-year-old chef de cuisine at Boston restaurant Stir returned in ...

French eat both frozen meals and fine cuisine
In France, eating is supposed to be an art. Foodies from around the globe flock to the world's gastronomic center to discover the true meaning of fine ...

New Yorkers react to mayor's plastic foam ban push
Barely 24 hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed an all-out ban on plastic foam food containers in the city and already New Yorkers are asking: ...

Spain's elBulli restaurant to reopen for lucky few
Spain's famous elBulli restaurant will temporarily reopen later this year as renowned chef-owner Ferran Adria trains actors for a movie based on his ...

Kids rewarded for good manners at Wash. restaurant
To Laura King, her three children were acting normal while enjoying dinner at an Italian restaurant in their hometown in Washington state.

Goodell: New Orleans 'terrific,' despite blackout
The blackout at the Superdome will not stop the Super Bowl from returning to New Orleans. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that despite the ...
Ireland won't ease drunken-driving law for farmers
A license to drive drunk? Some small-town politicians think it's just the tonic for rural Ireland. Councilmen in Kerry, southwest Ireland, passed a ...

Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws
Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.

Chefs hail first foodies with inauguration salute
Some of Washington's top chefs came together to salute the president ahead of the inauguration, in part because of the first family's influence on the ...
Yelp to add restaurants' health-inspection grades
Reviews site Yelp is adding restaurants' health-inspection grades to its site, giving users yet another filter through which they can decide where to ...

McDonald's expands test flight for chicken wings
First there were McNuggets. Then there were Chicken McBites. Now McDonald's could be adding "Mighty Wings" to its chicken menu. The world's biggest ...

Starbucks enters entrenched Vietnam coffee market
Nghiem Ngoc Thuy has been slinging coffees to thirsty Vietnamese for 20 years in her colonial-style villa with peeling shutters, and she and her ...

Poll: Fight obesity crisis but keep the junk food
Everyone could use a little help keeping those New Year's resolutions to slim down. But if it means the government limiting junk food, the response ...
Starbucks to open 1st Vietnam cafe
Starbucks Corp. will open its first Vietnam cafe early next month in Ho Chi Minh City as part of its strategy to expand across Asia, the company said ...

Lutefisk: Minn. dish lives on despite taste
Dozens of Minnesota Scandinavians and the people who love them flock to the VFW Club in Litchfield every Thursday from November through January, where ...

NHL lockout has chilling effect on business
Most everywhere Lou Billittier turns these days, the Buffalo restaurateur is reminded of the NHL lockout, and its impact on his blue-collar, ...