Small portions are very big these days. Many 2013 trend predictions determined that small plates and snacking are expected to be popular among chefs and restaurant operators this year. While diners ...

PHOENIX — As we celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Month, we sit at the table of one of the Valley’s most popular Dim Sum restaurants. Not long after they open on a Dim Sum Sunday, Great Wall ...

IRVING - With a tennis ball and a yo-yo as props, first-grade teacher Kristy Brooks helped her class understand the correct portion sizes for vegetables. "About how many yo-yos do you think would fit ...

New York (CNN) — Olive Garden, which has traditionally seen success from its annual unlimited pasta promotion, recently noticed the opposite trend: Some customers actually wanted less food. Last ...

It’s the big gulp theory. The basic laws of restaurant economics state that meals keep getting bigger because food is cheap and fixed overhead–staff, rent, equipment–is the same no matter how much is ...

People are easily swayed by the size labels on our food, and will eat more if they believe they're consuming a "small" as opposed to a "large." And to make things worse, consumers aren't aware of ...