Instagram-famous bartering pizza maker opens restaurant
Gabriele Lamonaca had a dream of opening a pizzeria in New York. During the pandemic, he built a following on Instagram by posting photos of his pizza creations and then bartering them away.
Nantucket restaurant desperate to fill jobs, hiring 8th graders
On the tony Massachusetts island of Nantucket, your restaurant server at that upscale restaurant this summer may have just come from middle school.
Sticker Shock: Prices up on many goods as inflation spikes
If the price for just about everything seems to be going up, that's because it is.
Fate of liquor to-go in limbo as NY legislative session ends without extension
Alcohol to-go is one of the few, if not the only, thing New Yorkers fondly recall about the pandemic.
Reynolds Wrap offering $10K, grilling lessons in Rookie Griller contest
Reynolds Wrap will pay one lucky person $10,000 and teach them to grill just in time for the summer.
Beech-Nut recalls baby rice cereal over high arsenic levels
Beech-Nut is recalling its “Stage 1, Single Grain Rice Cereal” over high levels of arsenic found in one sample. The company also said it will stop selling the product.
Chipotle raising prices to offset its $15 minimum wage hike
Chipotle announced it would be raising menu prices by as much as 4% to offset the cost of the employee pay raises announced last month.
Burger King appears to troll Chick-fil-A in Pride Month promotion
Burger King appeared to troll Chick-fil-A with a Pride Month promotion in which a donation will be made to an LGBTQ+ campaign for every Ch’King sandwich that is sold until the end of June.
Starbucks bringing back reusable cup service nationwide
Starbucks' reusable cups are being revived after the service was discontinued over a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Line stretches around the block as Wendy's returns to UK
Wendy’s opened its first location in the United Kingdom this week after pulling its restaurants out of the country two decades ago.
US Navy's soft sugar cookie recipe from WWII, and how to make it at home
Sugar cookies were one of the easiest desserts to make in large batches, and here's how you can make the US Navy's recipe that dates back to World War II.
Restaurant labor shortage may force higher wages for workers
Critics claim unemployment benefits are keeping people out of the restaurant workforce. But workers and labor organizers say that the reality is more complex, and that food service workers haven't been paid a living wage.
National Doughnut Day: Awesome freebies and deals you ‘donut’ want to miss out on
Celebrate National Doughnut Day with these delicious deals and freebies.
Don't eat cicadas if you are allergic to shrimp, shellfish, FDA warns
The Food and Drug Administration has a colorful warning for people with a shellfish allergy: don’t eat cicadas. Turns out, the agency warns, that the noisy insects actually share a "family relation" to shrimp and lobsters.
Bethesda chocolate shop selling chocolate covered cicada treats
A Bethesda chocolate shop is leaning into the arrival of Brood X by selling a new treat - chocolate covered cicadas.
Long Island oyster farming program expanding
The Town of Islip leases areas of the Great South Bay to oyster and clam farmers. The program is expanding.
Netflix, cosmetics, even takeout: We have more subscriptions than we realize
Many products and services have launched subscriptions. Businesses love the recurring revenue and consumers love the convenience. But how many subscriptions do we really have and need?
Free beer from White House-backed incentive to get Americans vaccinated
Free beer is the latest White House-backed incentive for Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19
Beef, pork production disrupted worldwide as largest producer recovers from cyberattack
Some production has resumed at JBS, the world's largest beef and pork producer, after a cyberattack earlier this week.
Krispy Kreme has given out 1.5M free treats to vaccinated customers, sweetens deal for National Doughnut Day
Krispy Kreme is offering customers a chance to get two free treats this week: one for National Doughnut Day along with the standing offer of one for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.