The News & Observer reports that chain restaurants are putting more ducats into training their waitstaff up to fine dining(esque) levels of excellence.

Consumerist is creating the ultimate guide to “off the menu” items, and you can help.

A branch of the Hawaiian chain L&L has opened in Santa Monica to satisfy those plate-lunch cravings. Some people love it for the macaroni salad (an essential component of a plate lunch, although you CAN leave it off) alone....

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If you’re not into cooking with home-rendered pork fat, why not make soap out of it?

In the new Zeta-Jones flick No Reservations, Hollywood refashions the restaurant kitchen.

Chowhounds rave about Marcella Hazan’s braised carrots with Parmesan, even though the recipe takes two hours of hanging around near the stove. “I’m a lifelong carrot hater but these would convert

There’s more than one way to eat a Biscoff.

We haven’t yet reached the end of society as we know it—but you can see it from here!

The Gourmet holiday issue, overwhelmingly dominated by cookie recipes and gift guides, also contains an interestingly off-message piece titled “Your Ignorance, Their Bliss.”

Here are some good tools to help convert between metric and imperial measurements in your recipes.

There are hordes of fish sauces on Asian on market shelves with poor English labeling. Here’s how to find the best. ...

A best-selling novelist and her family go superlocal for a year. Could you source your entire diet from your backyard?

Stick googly eyes in your breakfast, win a free book!

Here are some tips to guide you in buying the best apples. ...