Food In The News: Top Chef Masters, Black Rice Sushi, and Restaurant Recovery Rumors
Top Chef Masters – This June, Bravo will premiere a spinoff its popular show Top Chef with famous chef contestants including Chicago’s own Rick Bayless! Think of it as Celebrity Apprentice!
Restaurant Recovery? – A survey indicates restaurants might be seeing more business come in in the coming months.
Black is the new Brown - For extra nutrition, sushi chefs have started using brown rice in place of its less nutritious white rice counterpart. Now, in Tokyo, black rice sushi trumps the health benefits of brown rice sushi.
Smelt of the Season – A certain fish called smelt only appears when the ice has melted, indicating the sure sign of spring.
A Menu Full of Farms - With the local food movement on the rise, more restaurants are crediting the farm where they purchased their local produce.
Tags: black rice, black rice sushi, farms, farms on menus, food in the news, restaurants, rick bayless, smelt, top chef masters
Hi
Very interesting about the smelts, thanks!
The story about restaurants seeing an upturn in business looks like wishful thinking to me. Here in the UK most are reporting increased customer numbers, but REDUCED takings, because of special offers etc. Promotions etc can only last so long before they cut into the bottom line.
Cheers
Posted by Fat Belly Billy at April 12th, 2009, 3:46 pmBilly
Pretty excited about Top Chef masters. I heard they were going to be judged blindly.
Posted by Jude at April 15th, 2009, 7:30 pm