Nov 7th, 2008 · Jon Diebold is struggling to keep his bills paid and business running. People aren't eating at his family restaurant like they used to, he says and he's getting worried about how to cover expenses for his five kids.
Nov 7th, 2008 · The Miss Saigon pageant winner left Vietnam for the U.S. in 1975 and eventually became an FBI special agent. She has reinvented herself once again; she now lives in Bangkok and runs a Vietnamese restaurant that has become a favorite of locals and expatriates alike.
Nov 5th, 2008 · In the nation's capital, a celebration spontaneously began in a historically black neighborhood at 14th and U Streets NW. Once the election was called for Democrat Barack Obama, hundreds of people poured from bars and restaurants into the neighborhood — despite a heavy drizzle.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · Perched on a remote Spanish beach, the restaurant elBulli receives 2 million reservation requests for 8,000 spots each year. Now a new book from head chef Ferran Adria lets those people who couldn't get a reservation get a glimpse of elBulli.
Oct 21st, 2008 · According to legend, it's been 65 years since the first nachos were served. Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya is credited with creating the snack food at a restaurant in Piedras Negras, Mexico, just across the border from Texas along the Rio Grande. As the story goes, some Americans stopped in the restaurant just when the chef had stepped out. Maitre d' Nacho Anaya threw together some chips and cheese, stuck them under the broiler and added a jalapeno. And nachos were served.
Oct 17th, 2008 · The waitress who's credited with introducing nachos to Los Angeles has died. Carmen Rocha started working at El Cholo Mexican restaurant in 1959. And she brought with her from Texas a special treat: tortilla wedges, shredded cheddar cheese and slices of jalapeno pepper. One cookbook writer told the Los Angeles Times, "If they were called 'Carmens,' not nachos, her name would be remembered forever."
Oct 12th, 2008 · When Sen. John McCain visits his old stomping grounds in Annapolis, Md., he's likely to eat at Pusser's Caribbean Grille. The maritime-themed restaurant shares its recipe for Haitian-Creole seafood gumbo.
Oct 6th, 2008 · A teenage student in Nevada was willing to go to jail for his beliefs. His belief was his right to wear a bandana. It violated the dress code at Churchill County High School. When he refused to give it up, he was arrested. And a restaurant in Maine also had a dress code problem. Officials forced the Black Frog Restaurant to stop a promotion. It offered a free sandwich to anybody who went skinny dipping in a nearby lake.