Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 26, 1995 TAG: 9502270003
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-6 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: JOANNE ANDERSON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
1. Eighty percent of people who dine out are concerned with nutrition.
2. Beef sales are on a downturn.
3. Julia Child thinks preoccupation with the fat content of food is overdone.
When we treat ourselves to dinner in a restaurant, many of us don't give a hoot about how nutritious our meal is, according to a 1994 report by the National Restaurant Association. The group's survey found that 37 percent of restaurant diners are "thoroughly unconcerned" about nutrition, up 5 percent from 1992.
Beef sales rose in 1994 and are expected to continue climbing in 1995. Agricultural economist Tom Morgan believes that "demand for beef and pork should rise steadily until the year 2010."
People may remain more health conscious at home, contends a 1994 article in Nation's Restaurant News, but "when they go out, they order steak with all the trimmings." Steak orders at steak houses increased by more than 16 percent in recent years.
And esteemed chef Child indeed thinks our preoccupation with both salt and fat in foods is excessive.
This is the first in a series of articles about three new or newly relocated restaurants that specialize in beef and pork. One intriguing note: They are within punting distance of each other.
by CNB