Posts Tagged ‘USA Today’

O’Donnel and Bhide Go National with Food Columns

Bhide in her home kitchen Former Washington Post writer and blogger Kim O'Donnel recently struck a deal to write a bi-monthly column for USA Today, the Family Kitchen, which will debut Nov. 10 in the national newspaper. Not to be outdone, last month local food writer and cookbook author Monica Bhide launched a weekly column, [...]

Everyone’s Squeezing the Juice Out of Obama’s Visit to Ray’s Hell Burgers

What is it about hamburgers that turns this town upside down? It might be a simple roundup of new joints or it might be a March Madness-like competition. Whatever it is, Washingtonians get absolutely apoplectic around ground beef. Case in point: Obama and Biden's visit today to Ray's Hell Burgers practically elicited more media coverage [...]

Big Chain Restaurant Stocks Are Tanking

USA Today has taken an in-depth look at the biggest publicly traded restaurant chains, and what reporter Matt Krantz found wasn't pretty: Investors in the top 26 restaurant companies are taking a bath. Their stocks have lost nearly 50 percent of their value from their highest point in the past 52 weeks. Writes Krantz: