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The new-ish restaurant has Michelin cred and 'The Cannoli God of Santa Cruz'About 75 miles south of San Francisco, Felton is known for the Bigfoot Discovery Museum and the Roaring Camp Railroads. But now, after earning a cult following for smash burgers and cannoli, a new bistro is making its case as a reason for trekking to this tiny town in Santa Cruz County. “Everything we do, technique-wise, you can find in Michelin-starred restaurants,” said chef-owner Lance Ebert, who in July launched Emerald Mallard in downtown Felton’s historic Cremer House. “But we want to execute this type of food for...

There is something to be said about a truly disastrous meal, a meal forever indelible in your memory because it’s so uniquely bad, it can only be deemed an achievement. The sort of meal where everyone involved was definitely trying to do something; it’s just not entirely clear what. I’m not talking about a meal that’s poorly cooked, or a server who might be planning your murder—that sort of thing happens in the fat lump of the bell curve of bad. Instead, I’m talking about the long tail stuff – the sort of meals that make you feel as though...

SINGAPORE - Less than 12 hours after his stall was awarded one star in the inaugural Singapore Michelin Guide, Mr Chan Hon Meng, 51, was back at work whipping up his signature soya sauce chicken dish for customers at Chinatown Complex. A queue of 10 people had formed at his Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle outlet even before it opened on Friday (July 22) morning. As of 10.30am, there were 21 people in the queue. Following his award, Mr Chan is considering introducing new dishes and opening another outlet. He told The Straits Times he has no...

<p>South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley didn’t mince words when she spoke about unions at an automotive conference in Greenville this week. The state loves its manufacturing jobs from BMW, Michelin and Boeing and welcomes more, she explained, but not if they’re bringing a unionized workforce with them.</p>

PARIS -- Edouard Michelin, the co-managing partner of France's Michelin, the world's leading tire maker, was killed in a boating accident, the company said Friday. A short statement from the company gave no details about his death or the accident. It said that another managing partner, Michel Rollier, would take over direction of the company. A company official told Dow Jones Newswires that Mr. Michelin, 42 years old, died in a boating accident. The accident took place near Ile de Sein, off Brittany's coast. Mr. Michelin took over the company's reins from his father, Francois Michelin, in 1999. Michelin is...

GREENVILLE, S.C.--The first automobile to use air-filled tires was a racecar built by André and Édouard Michelin in the early 1890's. More than a century later, the French company founded by the Michelin brothers is so identified with pneumatic tires that its mascot, Bibendum, is a man made of little else. Now, after decades spent persuading the world to ride on air, the company has begun work on an innovation that could render the pneumatic tire obsolete. Engineers at Michelin's American technology center here envision a future in which vehicles would ride on what they call the Tweel, a combined...

DeMint Announces $1.88 Million Defense Authorization for Michelin Upstate FacilityWASHINGTON - U.S Representative Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) today announced that the House Defense Authorization bill contains nearly $2 million for a Michelin facility in the upstate area to assemble tires for the Marine Corps' Land Attack Vehicles.The House is scheduled to pass the annual Defense Authorization bill later this week and the funding is expected to be formally appropriated later this year.

Michelin Man's my carrot By MARTYN SHARPE HUNDREDS of people have been flocking to gawp at a carrot — shaped just like the Michelin Man. Retired steelworker George Woodhall, 68, dug up the wacky eight-inch veg in his back garden. It boasts a roly-poly body and even chubby little arms and legs. Amazed George, of Barnsley, South Yorks, said yesterday: “It’s an exact replica of the famous Michelin Man made out of tyres. “Complete strangers have been coming from miles around to look.” Wife Annie, 59, said: “We always eat all the veg George grows — but the Man is...