Current Events & Food Trends


Which Chain Restaurants Have Family Meals? Icon
Which Chain Restaurants Have Family Meals?

Don't feel like cooking dinner? Your favorite chain restaurants are offering family meals and deals to feed 2-, 4-, and 6-person families.

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20 Best Nashville Food Trucks 2019

Take a culinary journey with KaTom and discover the best food trucks in Nashville, ranked by quality, variety, popularity, and longevity.

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5 Most Popular Types of Takeout

Which types of takeout were most popular during our months of self-isolation? Take a look at KaTom's state-by-state data!

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Charcuterie 101

Learn more about charcuterie's rich history and how to assemble a modern, snack-friendly board with meat, cheese, fruit, veggies, and dips.

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Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

Learn how Disney's Epcot International Food & Wine Festival gives fans the chance to sample culinary delights and wines from around the world.

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America's Haunted Restaurants

KaTom gives a tour of some of America's most haunted restaurants. Learn more about where to find these restaurants and the ghosts that inhabit them.

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Helping Houston After Hurricane Harvey

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Houston's foodservice industry came together to help feed those in need.

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What's the Difference Between Gelato & Ice Cream (and Everything Else)?

Custard, gelato, frozen yogurt, ice cream, and sorbet may be equally delicious, but each of these frozen desserts is made and served differently.

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Feeding the #MountainTough Spirit

Local restaurants helped when thousands of first responders and displaced families needed assistance after East Tennessee's 2016 wildfires.

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Modern Moonshine with Ole Smoky

Thanks to new moonshine laws and successful distilleries like Ole Smoky, Tennessee moonshine has come out of the hills and into the spotlight.

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Brewery Beatdown: Craft vs. Domestic

Learn about the beer giants buying craft breweries, the rise of craft beer consumption among millennials, and the competition between the two with KaTom.

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Bottles, Boxes, and Cans: Oh, Wine!

Wine is paired with boxes, cans, and screw caps these days. It seems the future of wine is here – and is the reign of corked wine over?

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Weird Craft Beer

Celebrate American Craft Beer Week by tracking down one of these weird brews or cracking open a local favorite at a craft brewery in your area.

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Pop Culture Profits? Tips for Your Themed Event

KaTom spoke with Darren Fink of Transfiguring Adoption to get some tips on how restaurants and other businesses can plan themed events.

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20th Annual National Cornbread Festival

South Pittsburg, Tennessee, is home to the Annual National Cornbread Festival, a celebration sponsored by Lodge Cast Iron.

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Peanut-free Baseball Games

KaTom discusses how Major and Minor League baseball teams are creating peanut-allergy-friendly games and safe seating spaces to accommodate allergic fans.

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Which Food Has the Longest Freezer Life?

March is Frozen Food Month! Let's find out which food can survive its bracket, advance to the final four, and become your freezer champion.

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Farewell to a Culinary Giant

For us, Sam Beall was neighbor, friend, and someone who loved East Tennessee. To the world, he was a giant who changed how we think of food.

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At McDonald's, Breakfast is What's for Lunch

McDonald's all-day breakfast reverses earnings slides in early-going with new customers and higher average tickets.

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Creative Vegetable Presentation

With vegetable popularity on the rise, finding new and creative ways to present your side dishes can impress customers and keep them coming back for more.

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Tableside Payment & the EMV Standard

KaTom discusses the EMV standard and how America's restaurants are integrating new technology to meet customer demands with tableside payment.

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America's Popcorn Passion

A look into popcorn's past and how you can profit from this wildly popular snack.

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Convotherm Takes the World Stage at the Bocuse d'Or

The Convotherm combi oven helps chefs create world-class culinary art at the Bocuse d'Or World Cooking Contest in Lyon, France.

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Medicinal Herbal Tea

This article provides a brief overview of the types of herbal tea and the health benefits of both tea and herbal brews.