Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Trademarks) (Details) (Certain Emeril Lagasse Businesses, Trademarks, Merchandising, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Certain Emeril Lagasse Businesses \| Trademarks \| Merchandising
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Balance at December 31, 2013	$ 45,200
Impairment Charge	(10,500)
Balance at September 30, 2014	$ 34,700

Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16373-109275

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