Food For Thought: 10 Restaurants That Shaped America
A Yale historian's new book explores America's changing tastes, and what they say about our culture — from class mobility to civil rights to women's changing status.
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One Restaurant's Recipe For Social Good: Same Meals, Different Prices
The founders of Everytable in LA have created identical grab-and-go restaurants full of healthful food options, but with different pricing structures depending on the communities they serve.
When You Make Kids' Meals Healthier By Default, They Still Eat 'Em Up
When a restaurant chain revamped its kids' menu, making items like strawberries and salad the default sides instead of fries, it improved the healthfulness of meals ordered — by a lot, a study finds.
Restaurants Shave Calories Off New Menu Items
New menu items introduced by chain restaurants in 2013 contained 60 fewer calories, on average, than items on the menu in 2012. And that could be enough to make an impact on the obesity epidemic.