Scammers want restaurants to fork over payouts, or digest negative reviews

Scammers are making some restaurants an offer they can’t refuse: A payoff or discount, or they’ll post a nasty rating on online review sites like Yelp! or Angie’s List. There’s no real data showing how often it’s happening, but anecdotal evidence suggests cyber-extortion is on the rise: scammers know online reviews carry a lot of weight, and can affect a company’s bottom line

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The Easiest Way: How to Make Easy Baked Chicken Breasts - The Easiest Way

Baking boneless, skinless chicken breasts often results in a bland, dried-out dinner. But with a few quick tricks and our simple Crispy Baked Chicken Breasts recipe, the CHOW Test Kitchen's Amy Wisniewski shows you how to get juicy, flavorful meat.

101: Grilling Grass-fed Beef

Stephen Hearst of Hearst Ranch fires up the grill and demonstrates the
best way to taste the exceptional quality and outstanding flavor of grass
fed beef.

Why You Should Spiral-Cut Your Wiener - CHOW Tip

Rachael Ray's Hamburgers and Hash Browns

The TV chef talks about her food truck and her new book, "The Book of Burger."

 

Cat Cora Dishes on "Around the World in 80 Plates"

“Around the World in 80 Plates,” co-hosted by star chefs Cat Cora and Curtis Stone, combines culinary competition with travelogue. Twelve contestants embark on a journey across 10 countries to learn local cuisines as they participate in the culinary competition to recreate dishes and reinvent menus for world-renowned restaurants. Cat shares stories of their first stop in London. For more exclusive videos like this go to iVillage.com

Anne's Pulled Pork Recipe

Low and slow is the secret to Anne's melt-in-your-mouth pulled pork recipe.

Broward commissioners look to save library eatery

For most of the 15 years she has run a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale's downtown library, Ymelda Luna Singh said business was as robust as the portions she served.

But a combination of factors, including a sagging economy, a slow-motion renovation project at the Main Library, a growing homeless population in nearby Stranahan Park and the near exhaustion of her own savings, have taken a toll. In a letter to the library director, the single mother of two announced that at the end of this month she will close Charcuterie Too, the eatery founded in 1986.

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Pot Pie Cook-off contenders: Steak, chicken and pork

Three TODAY SHOW viewers compete for the best pot pie recipe