At the recent 91st Annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant for the second consecutive year I was left in awe of the sheer size of the restaurant industry. There were 1,700 exhibitors in 480,000-square-feet of show space in Chicago's McCormick Place. Instead of trying to cover it all, here's a rundown of the 11 most fun and delicious things I saw at the show, including: the Chork (chopsticks-fork), Coca-Cola Freestyle (the customizable soda fountain machine), and more. More

I learned two lessons at the 90th National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, which was in Chicago from May 16 to 19. First, I got to physically see just how huge the restaurant industry is. Conceptually, of course, the... More