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​When the doors of the famed Four Seasons shut for good this July, the golden age of the New York power lunch comes to an end. We talked to the most powerful people in New York about the scene."There has never been a restaurant better keyed to the tempo of Manhattan than the Four Seasons, which opened recently at 99 East 52nd Street." —Craig Claiborne, food editor and critic, New York Times, October 2, 1959 People assume it's always been all about the money inside, but that's a facile way to peer through the flowing chain curtains of the...

Employees at an Oklahoma City Krispy Kreme store are searching for an elderly man who left behind something very valuable. He dropped nearly $500 in cash while he was in their store, located at Penn and Memorial. The man dropped the money on the floor in the lobby around 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. “The gentleman had come in, purchased a couple of donuts. As he was putting his money away, he dropped some on the floor,” said Jason Hart with Krispy Kreme. At the time, no one noticed anything strange. About 20 minutes later, an employee was sweeping the lobby...

Mayonnaise impostors, beware! An industry group is patrolling the grocery aisles. The Association for Dressings and Sauces, which was founded in 1926, repeatedly urged federal regulators last year to take action against an upstart vegan spread that it said was masquerading as mayonnaise, despite its lack of eggs, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. The Food and Drug Administration later sent a public warning to Hampton Creek about its “Just Mayo” spread, which triggered national headlines and ultimately led to the San Francisco startup and media darling tweaking its label. The efforts provide a glimpse into the influence...

A Connecticut woman sought help from law enforcement after claiming a local pizza shop delivered her the wrong order. The woman said she ordered a small half-cheese, half-bacon pizza from Empire Pizza, but instead received a half-hamburger pizza. She then contacted Hartford police department complaining that the shop would not refund her order. The pizza shop said they would have refunded her order, but she had already eaten half of the pizza. "If I order a pizza and they don't want to give me my money back, can you guys do something," the woman told the 911 dispatcher. The woman...

Starbucks is building its biggest-ever café in New York City. Starbucks announced plans for a 20,000-square-foot Roastery in Manhattan. It's based on the Seattle Roastery it opened in December 2014, but even larger. “Biggest Starbucks ever headed to N.Y.C.,” the company said in a tweet. The Roastery is a café that also serves as a showcase for the roasting of coffee beans. A company promo shot depicts a mustachioed baristas dispensing coffee from a steampunk-style brew tap made of copper and glass. Roasters in aprons handle burlap bags and shiny vats of raw beans in another. “Let’s create the Willy...

I came to yoga, like most people, because I hated my job and going to yoga class was easier than finding another career. I was a well-paid corporate lawyer and, as I watched the gentle office dust drift through the filtered New York City sunlight, I dreamed of being anywhere else. At first, it started with one or two classes a week, but soon, like an addict, I was there as often as I could skip out of work early. The yoga teacher was an escapee from the world of public relations. She had luscious dark, wavy hair, milky skin...

'I began with small steps, I didn't actually change the way I ate until fairly far into my fitness journey.'I guess you could say I hit a plateau - so I started to change the way I ate.'I watched my portions and ate more fruits and veggies, less packaged food more whole food.'She reached 115lb then hired a coach to help to weight train to sculpt her figure and entered her first fitness competition in 2014.She admitted being nervous the first time she stepped on stage but praised her coaches who helped prepare her.'I truly enjoyed the process. I was...

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in Brandenburg is suing the state over what they say is their right to post signs around town. […] The FSM church explained in a statement that in December, it had discussed with local authorities its status and agreed it could qualify as an “ideological community”. They therefore had the right to post signs advertising their “noodle mass” — just as Protestant and Catholic churches advertise their own masses and gatherings with roadside signs. Then, Brandenburg Culture Minister Sabine Kunst declared that because the spaghetti monster followers were not officially designated as a...

What photos/drawings do you think Hillary Clinton will put up on the wall of her cell in prison? I think she'll have a photo of Sean Connery and a drawing by Barney Frank of some ducks.

(CNSNews.com) - White House Science Advisor John Holdren says because of the impacts of climate change, agricultural and construction workers “will basically be unable to control their body temperature and will die.” “In some parts of the world, when you look more broadly at this question, you see the likelihood that in the hottest times of the year it will be simply physiologically impossible to work outdoors,” Holdren said at a White House event on climate change Monday. “That means agriculture, that means construction, people who try to work outdoors will basically be unable to control their body temperature and...

A hungry squirrel in Michigan was caught on camera taking a cue from a famous New York subway rat by taking a slice of pizza and carrying it up a tree. The video posted to YouTube by Chris Weeden shows the squirrel dragging a slice of pizza on the ground near a tree while the people filming from inside a nearby building provide commentary. The people sound surprised as the squirrel is able to climb the tree while holding the slice of pizza and makes it to a high branch. The squirrel evoked memories of New York's famous "Pizza Rat,"...

What classes do you think that Hillary Clinton will take while she is in prison? At first, I thought she might take something practical like auto body repair. Now, I'm thinking that she is going to study a subject she's had a lifelong interest and passion for...... Raising Worms For Fun, Profit And Companionship.

When you think coffee, you might think of a multi-billion-dollar industry that spans the globe. You might think of the famous European coffee houses that housed the great artists and revolutionaries of the Renaissance. Or Bach’s libretto, proclaiming that coffee tastes better than a thousand kisses. You might think of the political history of coffee, in particular of the American adoption of coffee in the aftermath of the Boston Tea Party, a period in which drinking tea was seen as unpatriotic. You might notice that the third world produces coffee for the first, and wince at the role that the...

The sinkhole downed the entire pond in less than five hours. Even more jarring, the water was stock full of fish, all of which got sucked into the underworld by the insatiable hole, reports people.cn. The Earth was not only thirsty, but hungry as well.

Though fast food restaurants aren’t exactly the meccas of nutrition, each restaurant is bound to have at least one option that saves calories. Two of Taco Bell’s Fresco Soft Tacos with shredded chicken only set you back 280 calories, Wendy’s Ultimate Chicken Grill sandwich is 370 calories — Arby’s even offers a 250-calorie Chopped Farmhouse Salad. If you’re not careful, however, there is a chance that you could find yourself eating a full day’s serving (or more) of calories in a single meal. Using nutrition data from ESHA, HealthGrove found the most caloric burger at 20 popular chain restaurants....

What do you think Hillary Clinton's prison nickname will be? No real crude ones, please. Children sometimes look at articles here at Free Republic. They already know all the crude words, but their Moms might wash out their eyes with soap if they catch them looking at bad words on the computer. I don't want to be responsible for Suds Eye Syndrome. I think that Hillary Clinton's prison nickname is going to be, "The Old Dirty Little Snot".

A chain where business is all about moms was just named the best pizza restaurant in America. Papa Murphy’s ranks as America's favorite pizza chain, according to Market Force Information’s annual quick-service-restaurant study. This is the third year in a row that Papa Murphy's has snagged the top spot — despite the fact that its sales are nowhere near Papa John's, Domino's, or Pizza Hut's.

An extraordinary Chicken Sandwich:Grilled Chick Breast (yes, it's grilling season here with mid to upper 70's). Coat in your favorite seasoned salt and grill HOT for 6-7mins each side. Ezekiel or some other very dense/hearty sprouted grain bread. Seasoned Mayo (Mayo, finely minced rosemary, chopped chives, black pepper, all to taste).Organic mixed greens.Kettle Backyard BBQ Chips (don't eat the whole bag!)A fine Munich Marzen or Vienna Lager.

Souvla, a Greek restaurant in San Francisco has turned into a taqueria for the day If you see Juan, the donkey star of San Francisco Ballet's "Don Quixote," in front of the Hayes Street eatery on Friday afternoon, it's to help complete the temporary transformation to La Souvlaria for the second year in a row. Today the eatery's usual pitas have been swapped for tortillas. La Souvlaria is offering pork carnitas, lamb leg mole, chicken verde and roasted sweet potato tacos and salads, washed down with Cervezas, Tecates, Mexican Coke and Jarritos sodas. Guacamole, nachos and dulce de leche frozen...

An 11-year-old Texas girl has just scored a sweet $11 million deal with Whole Foods to sell her brand of lemonade. Mikaila Ulmer's BeeSweet Lemonade will be carried by 55 stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. When Whole Foods saw the promise in her lemonade, the supermarket agreed to sell the products in its regional stores. If Mikaila's lemonade does well, it'll eventually be sold nationwide. The savvy 6th-grader from Austin, Texas, has developed her signature Me & The Bees lemonade stand into a thriving national business.