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85 Tips & Strategies for Dining Out

SparkPeople's Dining Out Guide will help you take charge of your next culinary adventure. Get expert tips, from choosing a restaurant to ordering dessert.

Why I Don’t Drink Budweiser…and Why I’m Not Alone

Budweiser has always been far more about marketing than beer. The founder of Anheuser Busch, Adolphus Busch, refused to drink his own brew, calling it “that slop” (he was German, of cou…

Why Buy Marinated Meat From Your Butcher?

We all have marinated meat or bought marinated meat from the butcher. There are spicy marinates and sweet. They add something that a spice dry rub just can't.

How to Avoid Dining at a Tourist Trap

BRILLIANT Ways to Make the Most of Your BBQ Leftovers

It's time to get creative with your leftover barbecue.

How to Grill a Better Burger (and Steak)

Sharpen your grilling skills! These 10 simple tips for grilling burgers and steaks will help you cook juicier, tastier meat.

The Top 5 Steakhouses in America

Steaks are big business. More than 900 million steaks were consumed over the last year in American restaurants, according to The NPD Group/CREST. The Daily Ticker asked chef Allison Fishman-Task -- host of “Blue Ribbon Hunter” on Yahoo! and author of the upcoming book “Cooking Light Lighten Up, America

Could You Eat At A Japanese Restaurant Without Embarrassing Yourself?

Waitress explains a baffling, annoying part of kimono dress codes at many Japanese restaurants

It’s hard to see why this should be an issue, but apparently it is.

7 Top Chain Steak Houses That Define What Makes a Great Steak

Many loves to have a steak to celebrate, but to be able to determine what makes a great steak is the quality of meat, how it is treated, and prepared.

Tipping Guidelines For Non-Restaurant Services

Tipping etiquette outside of restaurant can feel like a gray area. These guidelines will help.

What's the Difference Between a Restaurant Service Fee and a Tip?

Nowadays, it seems that U.S. consumers are being asked to shell out more in tips and service charges than ever before. But is there a difference between the two?

The places we find the people we’ve lost: My dad and the T-Bone Steak House

I'm not sure why it took me so long to go back to the T-Bone, but the memories were there waiting for me.

Tackle These Seafood Towers: Eater's Guide to Plateaus

Grilling Seafood: Tips and Recipes

Grilled seafood is one of summer?s simplest pleasures, and has a flavor you just can?t get in the kitchen. Learn how to grill lobster and crab legs from the pros!

Bite-Size: Finding Local Meat, Seafood and Farm Products

Looking for local meat, seafood or farm products? There’s a map for that

5 Health Benefits of Japanese Foods

Health Benefits of Japanese Foods Food is an essential and inevitable part of our lives, not only to live; but also to satiate the appetizing food cravings. Nutritious food is the vital source of a…

Why Seafood Should Be a Diet Staple

You might want to consider eating more fish for its long-term health benefits.

Easy Ways to Eat More Seafood

Bump up your protein and healthy fats with these simple ways to get more seafood in your life!

Know Your Seafood 101

Start at square one with Chef Nils, where he'll teach you the in's and out's of all things seafood! This class is a lecture-based tutorial that touches on the fundamentals of different fish species, seafood preparation, and basic cooking techniques.