Kolkata Restaurants Serve Beckhams and Ronaldinhos on Plates
Want Beckham on a plate? Well if that sounds lip-smacking for female fans of the 31-year-old England striker, they should head straight to happening food// joints in Kolkata with the World Cup mania on. And there you have a choice between David Beckham, Ronaldinho and even the Dutch forward Rud Van Nistelrooy. It is not just Samba fever in Brazil-stung Bengali paras (neighbourhoods); t...Portion Sizes in Restaurants Larger than Before
Portion sizes dished out by most restaurant chefs are two to four times bigger than the government's recommended serving sizes. Knowing well that these large amounts are// contributing to increasing weight of their diners, the chefs believe customers expect large platefuls of food when eating out. These were the findings that were revealed by a survey of 300 chefs presented at the ann...Binge eating extremely common in restaurants
According to a recent study published in the November issue of SAGE Publications' Western Journal of Nursing Research (WJNR), a considerable part of binge eating happens //in eat-outs and restaurants, contrary to popular belief that overeating happens in private.In the United States, it has been observed that hefty portion sizes, bingeing on fast food, eating out often and an inactive lif...Iceland Introduces Smoking Ban in Bars and Restaurants
REYKJAVIK, Iceland on Friday introduced a total ban on smoking in public places amid protests from bar and restaurant owners who feel the prohibition is too severe and poorly executed. 'The authorities didn't give us any opportunities to create a smoking area outside bars and restaurants so most people have to resort to smoking on the pavement,' Arnar Thor Gislason, owner of a popu...New York Bans Trans Fats in Restaurants
New York on Sunday became the first US city to banish trans fats from its restaurants, but the city is facing an uphill struggle in forcing some eateries to display calorie information on their menus. For the majority of New York's 20,000 restaurants, the transition towards healthier cooking oils seems to have gone smoothly, although some have displayed a degree of reluctance....