Restaurants Worry About Their Future in Coming Months

VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 22, 2021 ~4 min

Vietnam Hotel Offers Less Costly Gold Steak Meal

VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 13, 2021 ~3 min


Diners more likely to choose a vegetarian option when 75% of the menu is meat-free – new research

Menus that are three-quarters vegetarian help meat eaters choose more climate-friendly options, a tactic that restaurants could use to help fight climate change.

Beth Parkin, Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Westminster • conversation
Dec. 13, 2021 ~6 min

Happy 50th birthday to Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant that launched farm-to-fork eating

'Local, organic, sustainable' are common buzzwords on US restaurant menus now, but it wasn't always that way. Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse, helped put them there.

Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University • conversation
July 14, 2021 ~8 min

Would you eat indoors at a restaurant? We asked five health experts

Experts weigh in on whether they will sit and eat at a restaurant.

Thomas A. Russo, Professor and Chief, Infectious Disease, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo • conversation
Dec. 23, 2020 ~9 min

Restaurants indicate assimilation goes two ways

"...the fabric of US culture can transform as a result of immigration." It's assimilation, but not in the usual way, new research on restaurants shows.

Lori Harwood-Arizona • futurity
Oct. 6, 2020 ~10 min

Visits to fast food joints protect older adult cognitive health

Trips to local coffee shops or fast food restaurants may provide older adults a boost to cognitive health, according to new research.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 19, 2020 ~6 min

In changing urban neighborhoods, new food offerings can set the table for gentrification

Hip food offerings can signal that a neighborhood is gentrifying – especially when they repackage traditional foods for wealthy white eaters.

Yuki Kato, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University • conversation
July 10, 2020 ~9 min


Aerosols are a bigger coronavirus threat than WHO guidelines suggest – here's what you need to know

More than 200 scientists wrote to the WHO, warning about aerosol transmission of the coronavirus. The WHO has since acknowledged the evidence but hasn't change its advice yet.

Goodarz Ahmadi, Professor of mechanical engineering, Clarkson University • conversation
July 9, 2020 ~9 min

How to lower your coronavirus risk while eating out: Restaurant advice from an infectious disease expert

It's hard to eat while wearing a face mask, and social distancing isn't easy in restaurants' normally tight quarters. An infectious disease expert offers some tips on what to look for to stay safe.

Thomas A. Russo, Professor and Chief, Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York • conversation
May 21, 2020 ~8 min

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