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• Yes, Healthful Fast Food Is Possible. But Edible?

  Time to supersize your bean burger and sweet potato fries. Read More... Posted Apr 03 2013, 07:00 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Fast Food Industry, Health Foods

• Fred L. Turner, Innovative Chief of McDonald’s, Dies at 80

  During Mr. Turner’s tenure, the restaurant chain expanded, and the Chicken McNugget, the Egg McMuffin and the Happy Meal were introduced. Read More... Posted Jan 09 2013, 12:12 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Fast Food Industry, McDonald's Corporation|MCD|NYSE, Turner, Fred L (1933-2013)

• Fast-Food Workers in New York City Rally for Higher Wages

  Employees rallied and walked out as part of an ambitious plan that seeks to unionize workers and increase pay at fast-food restaurants across New York City. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2012, 08:23 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: New York City, Burger King Corp, Fast Food Industry, Wal-Mart Stores Inc|WMT|NYSE, Taco Bell Corp, Wages and Salaries, Organized Labor, McDonald's Corporation|MCD|NYSE, Wendy's International Inc|WEN|NYSE, Fast Food Forward, Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots

• Drive to Unionize Fast-Food Workers Opens in N.Y.

  Leaders of the effort said workers were protesting what they said were low wages and retaliation against several workers who have backed the campaign. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2012, 10:50 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Fast Food Industry, Domino's Pizza Inc|DPZ|NYSE, Wages and Salaries, Labor and Jobs, Organized Labor, McDonald's Corporation|MCD|NYSE, Wendy's International Inc|WEN|NYSE, New York Communities for Change

• Looks Like a Taco, Tastes Like a Chip

  The Doritos Locos Taco at Taco Bell brings up questions: Would the Dorito shell violate the spirit of the chip or, conversely, overwhelm the taco itself? William Grimes finds out. Read More... Posted Jun 19 2012, 12:13 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Fast Food Industry, Taco Bell Corp, Tacos, Tortillas, Frito-Lay Inc, Mexican Food (Cuisine)

• How McDonald’s Came Back Bigger Than Ever

  With new food, revamped decor and an embrace of Twitter and mommy blogs, McDonald’s has returned from the brink of a public-relations nightmare. Read More... Posted May 04 2012, 10:56 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Advertising and Marketing, Fast Food Industry, Sales, Franchises, McDonald's Corporation|MCD|NYSE, Starbucks Corporation|SBUX|NASDAQ, Wendy's International Inc|WEN|NYSE

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Good to Go Organics Opens at a Connecticut Rest Stop

  Andrew McDonnell is going where few purveyors of locally sourced chili and sauerkraut have dared to go: a highway rest stop. Read More... Posted Mar 14 2012, 02:02 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Fast Food Industry, Local Food, organic, Fast food, Good to Go Organics

• United Tastes: Step by Step to Assembling Indian Fast Food - United Tastes

  Borrowing the assembly-line format and chipper style of chains like Subway, owners of Indian restaurants plan to make dals, curries and flatbreads into fast food. Read More... Posted Feb 14 2012, 05:46 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Fast Food Industry, Starbucks Corporation|SBUX|NASDAQ, Indian-Americans

• Loma Linda Journal: Loma Linda Frets About Unhealthy Inroads

  Residents are fretting after the City Council of Loma Linda, Calif., known for healthy lifestyles and longevity, recently approved the city’s first McDonald’s outlet. Read More... Posted Dec 19 2011, 02:10 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Diet and Nutrition, Vegetarianism, Fast Food Industry, California, Longevity, McDonald's Corporation|MCD|NYSE

• In Food Commercials, Flying Doughnuts and Big Budgets

  Tabletop directors are commercial artists whose goal is to make mundane foods look so irresistible that people want to eat the TV. Read More... Posted Oct 08 2011, 06:02 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Restaurants, Advertising and Marketing, Fast Food Industry, Television, Somoroff, Michael, Schrom, Michael

• Op-Ed Columnist: Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?

  It’s a myth that chips are cheaper than broccoli. They’re not. So what’s stopping people from eating more healthfully? Read More... Posted Sep 26 2011, 12:11 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Diet and Nutrition, Fast Food Industry, Social Conditions and Trends

• Would You Like a Smile With That?

  Using an offbeat take on fast-food service — and employee motivation — the Pret A Manger chain is gaining an American foothold. Read More... Posted Aug 07 2011, 10:40 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Fast Food Industry, Labor and Jobs, Hiring and Promotion, Bonuses, Pret A Manger, Workplace Environment, Schlee, Clive, Bridgepoint Capital

• Long Island Dining | Merrick: Upscale American Menu, and an Open Kitchen

  Left Coast Kitchen and Cocktails presents inventive interpretations of food from around the United States. Read More... Posted Jun 18 2011, 11:41 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Fast Food Industry, Long Island (NY)

• A Chicken War in New York, Where Afghans Rule the Roost

  Abdul Haye, armed with an unwritten secret recipe and the trademark for the Kennedy Fried Chicken brand, has declared a fried chicken war. Read More... Posted Feb 14 2011, 04:32 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: New York City, Fast Food Industry, Trademarks and Trade Names, Poultry, Patent and Trademark Office, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Afghanistan

• Opinionator: A Food Manifesto for the Future

  What should be done about our unhealthful and unsafe diet? Read More... Posted Feb 01 2011, 10:28 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Medicine and Health, Diet and Nutrition, Fast Food Industry, Food and Drug Administration, health, food policy, Mark Bittman