Mario Batali and Michael Symon are asking for it. This fall, these media-genic chefs will debut a live, mid-day food-based talk show—"The Chew," same network (ABC) and format as "The View"—in a time slot held down for decades by soap operas "All My Children" and "One Life to Live." Might "The Chew" crew stir up extra business for your place?

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We know the National Restaurant Association's job is to make the industry's case on a range of key issues to lawmakers and policymakers at the federal level. So what exactly is it working on right now? RH features editor Megan Rowe sits down with NRA president/c.e.o. Dawn Sweeney to find out.

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Your restaurant may be going green without your even knowing it, thanks to a mini-epidemic of grease rustling now underway. Discarded fryer oil stolen from you likely winds up as biofuel, but why not use it to generate free power for your business on site? The company that makes the necessary equipment promises annual energy savings of $10,000-$20,000 if you do.

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