Posts in Dining Out

Accentuate The Positive, Eliminate The Negative

By: Daniel | Comments Off on Accentuate The Positive, Eliminate The Negative | | Category: Caveat Emptor, Dining Out, General Information | Tags : , ,

Steak Restaurant Ad

Restaurant and food manufacturer marketing departs are always coming up with new ideas to get people into their restaurant or buy their products even when they are not as healthy as they claim. Here is a recent ad for a national chain steak restaurant. What parent doesn’t want their child ... more

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Diners, Drive-Ins and Death

By: Daniel | Comments Off on Diners, Drive-Ins and Death | | Category: Diet, Dieting, Dining Out, Dinner, Entree, General Information, Lunch, Mediterranean Diet | Tags : , , , , ,

Cheese Burger

Some people wonder why so many Americans are overweight or obese. The answer is very simple. An abundance of low cost, high calorie foods. A popular program on the U.S. Food Network cable channel is Diners, Drive-ins and Dives hosted by chef and restaurant owner Guy Fieri. Yes, he is Italian. The ... more

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United States Restaurant Traffic Still Down from 2008

By: Daniel | Comments Off on United States Restaurant Traffic Still Down from 2008 | | Category: Dining Out, General Information

According to an article on businessfinder.com: U.S. restaurant traffic has failed to recover from the slowdown of the recession. Consumers made 61 billion visits to restaurants in the year ending May 2014, which is roughly 2 billion fewer visits than in 2008, according to data from The NPD Group, an industry ... more

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Reality Behind 100 Percent Beef Claims

By: Daniel | Comments Off on Reality Behind 100 Percent Beef Claims | | Category: Caveat Emptor, Dining Out, General Information, Marketing | Tags : ,

Fast Food Burger Patty

Fast food restaurants have taken a beating regarding what exactly is in their all beef hamburger patties and ground beef taco filling. They claim using nothing but 100 percent beef. Here’s the reality behind 100 percent beef claims. Like many marketing terms used to sell products, 100 percent beef is meaningless like ... more

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National Burger Month-May 2014

By: Daniel | Comments Off on National Burger Month-May 2014 | | Category: 700 Kcal Meals, Caveat Emptor, Diet, Dieting, Dining Out | Tags : , , ,

Yes, May is in National Burger Month in the United States. Hamburgers are the backbone of many fast food restaurants. But like most fast food food items the humble hamburger has morphed into a demonic source of saturated fat and sodium. The original fast food hamburger 50 years ago had a ... more

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Americans Love Pizza

By: Daniel | Comments Off on Americans Love Pizza | | Category: Dining Out, General Information | Tags : , ,

Baked Hawaiian Pizza

Shortly after World War II, Italian food became the most popular ethnic food in the United States. There are thousands of restaurants and many Italian dishes can be prepared at home. Supermarkets are also stocked with frozen pizzas and lasagnas for easy home cooking. In recent years Italian food has ... more

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USDA Loves Pizza

By: Daniel | Comments Off on USDA Loves Pizza | | Category: Cutting Calories, Diet, Dieting, Dining Out, General Information | Tags : , , ,

Unbaked Bought Hawaiian Pizza

Corporation hate government regulations and intervention unless it improves profits. The February 24, 2014 issue of Time magazine has a short article about the USDA spending millions of dollars to increase cheese consumption. Money collected from a USDA fee on milk is used to promote other dairy products like cheese. ... more

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