A 35-course El Bulli tasting menu inspires a groundbreaking musical work.

(SPAIN) - Since late spring, there’s been an added attraction: The hotel bar has been renamed Raspa & Wine, outfitted with new furnishings, and given an irresistible new menu of, as we say in the States, “little plates.”...

(LONDON) - Sir Terence Conran gets back in the game with a new, spectacular complex in East London.

(BARCELONA) - Always have a bite of buttered bread before you eat a raw oyster, says Luís De Buen; that way you’ll never get an upset stomach.

(NEW YORK) - I hate the menu at the new sort-of-Roman downtown restaurant called Emporio—hate it because choosing just a few things from it is all but impossible.

The best espresso in America doesn’t come from a café or a stovetop machine—it comes from a foil capsule.

(ITALY) - Okay, I admit it: The name scared me a little.

Spain is full of great-value wines, but there’s also the occasional overpriced bottle from a little-known region.

If timing is everything, this seems like one odd moment for serious—and pricey—new restaurants to be debuting around Manhattan.

(NICE, ITALY) - The wood-burning oven at this place produces a perfect pie: The crust is thin, with irregular blisters and blackened spots, and as flavorful as country bread.