chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Lucier

Portlanders have been debating the merits of Lucier for months—and it only opened on Memorial Day.
06.03.08
chefs + restaurants

The Vegas-ization of Chicago

At the rate non-Chicago chefs are opening satellite restaurants here, pretty soon we’re going to look like Las Vegas.
05.29.08
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Itinéraires

Chef Sylvain Sendra’s new restaurant in the Latin Quarter is a de rigeur addition to any bargain-loving bistro lover’s Paris itinerary.
05.29.08
chefs + restaurants

The Ten Hottest Italian Restaurants in San Francisco

Over the past few years, a host of new restaurants has returned to the roots of regional Italian cooking. Here are our favorites.
05.29.08
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: L20

Laurent Gras has the skill and, perhaps more importantly, the judgment to find a near-perfect meeting ground of pristine product and chefly invention.
05.22.08
chefs + restaurants

Letter from India

A solo trip to Dharamsala offers spiritual rejuvenation and culinary inspiration.
05.21.08
chefs + restaurants

Round Two in the Santamaría vs. Adrià Smackdown

Santi Santamaría, chef of the 3-starred Can Fabes, denounces Ferran Adrià’s “use of chemical substances like methylcellulose” as a “public health risk.”
05.20.08
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Scarpetta

Among all the lovely food—bread with mascarpone butter, roasted capretto, and fritto misto—it’s the spaghetti with tomato sauce that you’ll come back for....
05.20.08
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Hungry Mother

Chef/co-owner Barry Maiden deserves credit for baring his Southern culinary soul in Yankee Doodle town—something he does with style and refinement.
05.13.08
chefs + restaurants

The Check Please Effect

How a local television show is making (and breaking) the restaurant business.
05.08.08
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