chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Drink

This sparse space is the perfect backdrop for the mixology show being swizzled, shaken, and poured by John Gertsen and his team.
10.16.08
chefs + restaurants

A Tribute to Jay Jacobs

Jay Jacobs, Gourmet’s restaurant reviewer from 1972 to 1986, recently passed away at the age of 86. Here, our fond remembrances.
10.15.08
chefs + restaurants

Eight Great Lobster Rolls in Boston

Boston is all about lobster—especially when the sweet, opalescent meat is mounded into a buttery split-top bun.
10.15.08
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Tarry Lodge

Joe Bastianich and Mario Batali have looked to the suburbs and transformed this historic building into a warm, sparkling restaurant.
10.13.08
chefs + restaurants

Ducasse Made Easy

Best-selling French author Sophie Dudemaine brought the master’s recipes into the home kitchen—and she’s only begun to conquer the U.S.
10.08.08
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Porchetta

Nowadays, less is more. Porchetta resembles a bare-bones food stall, but it serves a glorious pork roast.
10.08.08
chefs + restaurants

Dinner at the Source

You can’t get much closer to your vegetables than eating right in the field where they were grown.
10.08.08
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Le V

One Michelin-starred chef has quietly climbed to the top, and a $200 meal at his place may be worth every penny.
10.08.08
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: 1897 Konyali

One of Istanbul’s most treasured restaurants goes from hole-in-the-wall home cooking to white-tablecloth dining.
10.06.08
chefs + restaurants

The World’s Greatest Restaurant in 1969

A 40-year-old debate about the best food in the world reveals how our tastes have—and haven’t—changed.
10.06.08
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