Leave it to Anthony Bourdain to cut through all the PR crap about the economy's effect on restaurants. He tells Nation's Restaurant News that the recession is a serious wake-up call for operations that still think they can soak diners with overpriced wine and liquor. Says Bourdain: On the other hand, there’s going to be [...]

Don't get me wrong. You know I love restaurants. I spend many of my waking hours in them, and when I'm not in them, I'm thinking about them, writing about them, or talking to someone about them. But when I think about all the ways I could spend Valentine's Day with my wife, just about [...]

Everyone, it seems, has a cause to champion during Inauguration Week, but this one is close to my heart: the Canadian seal hunt. I know, I know, you've heard about all this stuff before, and you've got bigger fish to fry than seals, so to speak, during these troubled times. But give me a minute here. I've stood [...]