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Discusses food service providers' practice of serving sophisticated menus that are beyond their means. Demand for and supply of people with top-level cooking skills; Length of time it takes to teach students to cook; Recommendation.

Comments on the United States foodservice industry. Compensation of foodservice workers; Productivity in service jobs; Service industry profits.

Presents an outlook for the food service industry in the United States in 1995. Return to authentic recipes; Emergence of exotic beverage combinations; Function of technology in cooking; Prosperity of fast-food chain concepts.

Editorial. Comments on the impact of the weather on the foodservice industry. Weather cycle similarity to the 1890-1940 period; Raising of food prices; Changing of eating patterns; Changes in traditional menuing practices.

Oinion. Focuses on the success of the food service industry despite the tough times experienced by other industries in the Clinton administration. Contrasts in growth and downsizing of restaurants; Menu directions; Beleaguered health-care and shool operators; McDonald's and Taco Bell's performances.

Opinion. Forecasts real foodservice sales growth for 1993. R & I's telephone survey to determine sales numbers; Statistics; Economic models; Industry sales; Foodservice industry's dynamism.