How Handwritten Type Can Prompt Healthy Eating
New research finds diners feel more positively about health-food restaurants if the menus use a handwritten typeface.
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Inside the Restaurant of Mistaken Orders
At a comfort food place in Tokyo's Roppongi neighborhood, all the servers have dementia.
New Research Debunks One of the Biggest Arguments Against Raising the Minimum Wage
An analysis of the restaurant industry yields some surprising results.
Beware of Your Waiter’s Waistline
New research finds diners are much more likely to order dessert if their server is heavy.
Is It Smart to Eliminate Tipping From Restaurants?
Now that a New York City restaurant group has decided to nix tipping, we take a look at the research.
Dinner Kits Like Blue Apron Offer Convenience, but Are They Good for the Planet (or Our Waistlines)?
A slew of new dinner kits promise gourmet meals with a fraction of the effort. But at what cost?
A Master of His Craft
Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio has issued his verdict: We need safer, healthier food right now—and everyone deserves a place at the table.
Attractive Servers Get Bigger Tips
New research finds female restaurant patrons drive this disparity.
Trekking Through a Food Desert Surrounded by Farmland
Millions have been spent on initiatives to eliminate food deserts, which are thought to contribute to the increasing incidence of diabetes and obesity in low-income areas. How are disadvantaged people faring in the middle of California, one of the nation's prime agricultural states?
Big Box, Big Belt?
A wide-ranging study indicates that the expansion of restaurants and warehouse stores may have expanded our waistlines too.