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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

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“Through expansive experiences that inspire our guests paired with the ambiance of the space and the food on the plate, we’re setting new standards for the industry and creating truly spectacular moments for all who enter our restaurants and bars.”

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An Eater’s Guide to Sri Lanka

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More recently, as chefs have been working up seasonal menus to highlight local specialties and homegrown bars have been remixing native spirits, Sri Lanka drew millions of tourists in 2024 , announcing the islands comeback on the global stage after a few years of economic uncertainty. But its easy to find great meals if you know where to eat.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

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Agriculture Secretary made a new initiative announcement under the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) to enhance access to healthy foods for underserved populations. farming and agricultural jobs, which is almost 1.6 percent of all agricultural jobs in America. percentage points of share. percentage points.

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Celebrating Culinary Traditions of Southern Appalachia

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Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar released a micro documentary “A Journey Through Appalachia,” which celebrates the unique ingredients, techniques and culinary traditions of southern Appalachia. ” For decades, Bill – who also founded the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center, Inc.

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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

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It’s a great tool for our overall success,” said Emily Lyall, operations manager at the Lafayette Public House , a coffee, bar, and kitchen. Meg Wilcox is an environmental journalist covering food, agriculture, water, environmental health and justice, and sustainability. Not all California restaurateurs agree. But I have to remember.

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

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Owner Brian Owens says that at his recently opened Crave Sushi Bar, a spinoff of Fishbar also in Manhattan, customers are sometimes surprised to see that bluefin tuna, a sushi staple that also happens to be critically endangered, isn’t on the menu. I’m going to feel even sillier asking people for [almost] $3 for one bite.”

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Tea Is a Natural Complement to the Modern Foodie Experience

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Likewise, cocktail bars can mix up soothing pre- or post-dining drinks in the form of cold-brewed sencha green tea martinis to CDB tea cocktails and mocktails. Specialty tea looks and tastes like an agricultural product – it’s handcrafted, grown and processed in small lots, and is identifiable as whole leaf tea.