Taking Off & Piling On: Restaurants Take New Approaches
Restaurants are providing foods with less fat, carbohydrates, and calories and adding more and more layers of flavor and fun.
Bun-less burgers, Atkins-endorsed menus, deconstructed burritos/fajitas, downsized super-sized fries/drinks, and even “Pizza in a Pail”—Americans’ new penchant for health has sent the foodservice industry back to the kitchen to develop recipes that remove unwanted carbs, calories, trans fats, and more, as the desire to “take it off” in the name of health, for the first time, goes head to head with more indulgent restaurant fare.
But at the same time, savvy TV Food Channel–educated, restaurant-spo…
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