Popular fast-casual restaurant to open on Feb. 21 and host grand opening celebration with official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 28 Fort Smith, AR  (RestaurantNews.com)  Newk’s Eatery is ready to make its Fort Smith debut and serve the community fresher-than-fresh flavors and house-made meals through its first-ever prototype featuring a full drive-thru! “We’re excited to expand…Continue Reading

Texas’s first alcohol-free bar starts a franchise and offers a CO-OP business model as well. Laredo, TX  (RestaurantNews.com)  Less than four years since Reynald Vito Grattagliano started pouring mocktails at ArKay House in Laredo, he is hoping to expand its non-alcoholic bar across Texas and the U.S. ArKay House opened applications for franchises and CO-OPs…Continue Reading

Ralph Sampson Charlottesville, VA  (RestaurantNews.com)  Thompson Hospitality and Ralph Sampson – University of Virginia and NBA legend – are joining forces to bring Charlottesville an unparalleled experience in sports entertainment and dining. Located a mere half mile from John Paul Jones Arena, Ralph Sampson’s American Tap Room is expected to open this March. The concept…Continue Reading

What are the best cooking oils? That question deserves a nuanced answer. In terms of performance and flavor, not all cooking oils are created equal. Some are ideal for cooking at high temperatures—think deep-frying and sautéing. Others are super flavorful and can add another layer of depth to your dishes, but burn (and become chemically…Continue Reading

‘A Skeptic Tries’ is a series examining our food resistances and what happens when we try them anyway. Next up, writer Sharrona Pearl rediscovers the simple pleasures of ketchup.I didn’t always hate ketchup. As a kid I squirted it with abandon, drowning my french fries and hot dogs in red puddles. The slimy condiment was…Continue Reading

While many wonderful stocks are built around a roster of ingredients, from bones and dried seafood to spices, veg scraps, and cheese rinds, the pot needn’t always be a full house! You can extract a clean, strong broth from a combination of water and several pantry ingredients. It’s all about layering powerful flavor-enhancers that you…Continue Reading

Welcome to Dream Dinner Party, where we ask notable figures to describe just that: the dinner party of their dreams.Dinner parties were never dull in Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes’s breakout upstairs-downstairs drama. And they surely are not in his latest show, The Gilded Age, or his new film, Downton Abbey: A New Era either. Here the…Continue Reading

Aimed at motivating young women to take up sailing as an adventure sport, an Indian Army team of nine women officers has set sail on a Chennai-Visakhapatnam-Chennai expedition. Heading out to sea from the Chennai port, the team of women sailors are led by Major Mukta S Gautam and will be covering a distance of…Continue Reading

Amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine at the border, the Indian embassy in Kyiv in an advisory said Indian nationals in Ukraine, particularly students whose stay is not essential may consider leaving temporarily. The advisory also directed Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine. Also Read: Russian forces continue to arrive at the Ukrainian border, warns US…Continue Reading