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How much money do chefs make?

If you’re a foodie and you haven’t had a chance to catch John Favreau’s film CHEF yet, then stop right now and go watch it.  We’ll wait.

Chef
Chef

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The Top Seven Foods involved in Food Fraud

Have you ever reached into a bowl of M&Ms and popped some into your mouth, only to discover that they weren’t M&M’s but that they were Skittles instead?

That’s FOOD FRAUD!.

Have you ever picked out the perfect chocolate chip cookie from the lunch counter, only to get home and discover that it’s really an oatmeal raisin cookie pretending to be a chocolate chip cookie?

That’s FOOD FRAUD!

Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee
Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud,
from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee

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Top 10 College Cafeterias and Student Food Programs

About this time last year, Web Watch shared this list of the BEST UNIVERSITY CAFETERIAS.

Now that this has turned into an annual listing, we figured you’d want to know what were considered the new hotness in student dining at college and university campuses across the nation.

The $5 a Meal College Cookbook: Good Cheap Food for When You Need to Eat
The $5 a Meal College Cookbook:
Good Cheap Food for When You Need to Eat

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Which college students are the best/worst tippers?

College students are notoriously cheap.  They’re already living in expensive (for them) housing, likely with three or more roommates, and they’re doing everything they can to minimize their living costs.  Pizza, while tasty, isn’t good for you health-wise.

But it is cheap.

How to increase tips
How to increase tips

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The 20 COOLEST Cities in America (Houston, we’re looking at YOU)

What makes a city cool?

Is it the food?  The people? The amount of arts or recreation available in the area?

Maybe it’s the average age of the overall population.

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Want kids to eat school lunch? Give ’em chocolate milk

Remember those school lunches we used to hate?

Bland pizza bread.  Beefaroni. Chicken nuggets.

It’s tough trying to make interesting, nutritional meals if the kids aren’t interested in eating anything beyond the basic mac ‘n cheese or hamburger.

Best Lunch Box Ever: Ideas and Recipes for School Lunches Kids Will Love
Best Lunch Box Ever:
Ideas and Recipes for School Lunches Kids Will Love

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For owners, the most profitable section of a restaurant menu is the upper-right corner

Eating out at a restaurant — even at a fast food restaurant — can be frustrating at times.

Ever have this conversation at work or with your friends/family?

“So, you want to go out for lunch?”

“Sure!”

“Okay, then where do you want to go?”

Look – you’re the one who said “let’s go out”, so why not try to have an idea or two in your head about some place to head out to?  Why do you always leave the suggesting up to one person who may not have wanted to decide themselves anyway?

“Oh, pick anywhere.  It’ll be fine.”

Then we’re going to the drive thru.  Happy?

Food Service Menus: Pricing and Managing the Food Service Menu for Maximun Profit
Food Service Menus:
Pricing and Managing the Food Service Menu for Maximun Profit

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The Most Expensive Dessert in the World

Ordering dessert at a restaurant is sometimes a fool’s errand.

$6 for a scoop of ice cream that you can buy by the carton at the supermarket for $4? A “molten lava cake”? They’re not that hard to make if the contestants on FOOD NETWORK’S WORST COOKS IN AMERICA can make one.

So it’s no wonder that restaurant desserts have some of the highest markup of almost anything on the menu.  And no wonder why many restaurants think nothing of serving up a giant slice of chocolate cake for free on your birthday.

MARRY ME White Ceramic Letter Candy Dish
MARRY ME White Ceramic Letter Candy Dish