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Michelin sets April 2027 date for its Great Lakes debut
Detroit's Michigan Central Station will reveal stars for seven cities, in a ceremony that Minneapolis alone is paying $750,000 to help host.

California fig season holds steady at 10m pounds
The Emerald variety is generating the buzz, but growers say labour, water and packing costs have climbed sharply since last year's harvest.

Chipotle adds ex-KFC chief Sabir Sami to its board
Sami ran KFC worldwide until 2025. He joins as same-store sales fall for the first time in decades and activist investor pressure builds.

Hatch chile harvest falls short after pest damage
Leaf miners and unusually warm nights have cut New Mexico's signature chile crop by 20 to 50 percent, and some packers have stopped taking fresh-market lots.

Berenjak brings Tehran-style grilling to Chicago
JKS Restaurants' London kebab house opens its fourth outpost inside Soho House's Fulton Market building, open to walk-ins as well as members.

Milpero: Denver's only new Michelin star for 2026
Chef Johnny Curiel's eight-seat tasting counter joins Colorado's Michelin list as the sole new star, in a guide that also handed out three Bib Gourmands and four special awards.

Sonoma County's 2025 wine grape value falls 17%
The county's own crop report shows Cabernet Sauvignon losing a fifth of its value in a year, even as apples logged their best harvest since 2016.

New York Times picks America's 50 favorite restaurants
Sixteen reporters crossed the country for an unranked list that drops last year's winners, from a Caribbean spot in Manhattan to a Portuguese kitchen in Maine.

Food & Wine names its 2026 Best New Chefs
Fourteen chefs across ten restaurants join the 38th class, unveiled at a New York party that sold public tickets for the first time in the award's history.

DoorDash Wonder deal invests $425m in robot kitchens
The delivery platform buys Wonder's campus-dining arm for $300 million and adds $125 million to its funding round, valuing the ghost-kitchen chain above $9 billion.

High Stakes by Bartolotta opens in downtown Milwaukee
Paul Bartolotta returns to the kitchen for High Stakes, a European steakhouse replacing Rumpus Room on Water Street, opening Thursday with a wagyu-heavy menu.

Christina Aguilera joins Beau Joie Champagne as partner
The singer becomes a partner and global creative director at the low-sugar Champagne house, backing its push into wider retail and mass-market shelves.
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