chefs + restaurants
First Taste: The Pit
The Pit, a new restaurant that showcases the craft of pitmaster Ed Mitchell, raises the question: Is barbecue ready for its white-tablecloth moment?
03.31.08
- Keywords
- john t. edge,
- first taste,
- southern u.s.,
- ed mitchell,
- barbecue
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First Taste: Persephone
Sharing the same open room as a fashion boutique, Persephone is a wi-fi-wired art space/bar/restaurant with a DJ booth, video games, and an eco-forward ethos.
03.31.08
- Keywords
- charles kelsey,
- first taste,
- boston,
- restaurants
chefs + restaurants
The Gourmet Q + A: Grant Achatz and Heston Blumenthal
The chefs discuss the process of writing their forthcoming cookbooks, the audiences they hope to reach, and the term “molecular gastronomy.”
03.24.08
- Keywords
- q + a,
- grant achatz,
- heston blumenthal,
- christy harrison,
- restaurants
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Sixteen
Sixteen occupies Chicago’s new Trump International Hotel and Tower, and the view is exhilarating. But the food wasn’t meant to be the main attraction.
03.20.08
- Keywords
- david tamarkin,
- first taste,
- chicago,
- restaurants
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: City House
I just had a damn fine dinner at City House, the kind of dinner that makes you believe that dining after dark in Nashville has a bright future.
03.10.08
- Keywords
- john t. edge,
- first taste,
- nashville,
- southern u.s.
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Momofuku Ko
Halfway through dinner at the new Momofuku Ko it hits you: You will never eat dinner here again. “No phone. No favorites. No exceptions,” vows David Chang.
03.04.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- asian,
- david chang
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Sergi Arola Gastro
This is the first restaurant that the Adrià-trained rocker-turned-chef has actually owned, and it’s very, very hot.
02.28.08
- Keywords
- lisa abend,
- first taste,
- madrid,
- sergi arola
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: LAMILL Coffee Boutique
On paper, LAMILL Coffee Boutique sounds like a send-up of Los Angeles chic as imagined by a Saturday Night Live sketch writer. The truth is, the vibe is full-on enthusiastic coffee geek....
02.20.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- margy rochlin,
- beverage,
- los angeles
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Let’s Be Frank
With their virtuous heritage, the juicy, snappy, flavorful hot dogs at Let’s Be Frank have the added benefit of being very low-guilt.
02.19.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- james cameron,
- meat,
- beef,
- los angeles
chefs + restaurants
First Re-taste: HotChocolate
An old haunt still offers some of the best pastry around—if the morning hordes haven’t snapped it up.
02.14.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- david tamarkin,
- dessert,
- chicago