National Restaurant Association

    By Laura Heller

    | 9:00AM 5/21/2009
    Is it possible to take the bacon craze too far? Nah. The Chicago Tribune paid the National Candy Expo a visit and compiled a great list of the oddest, or most compelling new snacks. Trends point to sweet and savory combinations dominating the candy industry. There are Creole pralines with Tabasco...

    By Bruce Watson

    | 6:00PM 10/15/2008
    With the return of inflation, insane gas prices, and Peter Brady, it's started to look like the 1970's revival is almost complete. However, as any cultural historian will attest, no reiteration of the polyester leisure suit decade could be complete without a good, solid meat crisis.Most experts...