chefs + restaurants

Sohn Fine With Foie Gras Fine

Doug Sohn, the first chef in town to be ticketed for serving foie gras,was slapped with a fine of $250, the minimum penalty.
03.30.07
chefs + restaurants

Going Bananas Over a Plate of Pasta

The menu from chef Michael Voltaggio started with abalone and cuttlefish in an abalone shell and topped with a puff of "pad Thai" foam.
03.30.07
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Morandi

The very first question you have to ask about Manhattan's hottest new restaurant is how any room filled with a million fast-talking people can still be quiet enough for conversation.
02.28.07
chefs + restaurants

Coming Attractions: The Stay-at-Home Celebrity Chef

Grant Achatz, owner of Chicago's famous Alinea restaurant, and Michael Ruhlman, the author of the Making of a Chef trilogy, are teaming up for what promises to be a major culinary event in Chicago on March 4....
02.16.07
chefs + restaurants

Return from Club Fed

Neil Stein's multimillion-dollar empire has mostly collapsed, but after serving ten months in a federal prison camp for tax evasion, Stein is back, and he's got some (legal) plans.
01.31.07
chefs + restaurants

2 Guys: The High-Low Dining Conundrum

The unfortunately named high-low trend in restaurants around the country is by now completely familiar to diners.
01.30.07
chefs + restaurants

Magic Moments from Madrid

Hundreds of chefs, writers, and critics turned out for Madrid Fusion, one of the most interesting get-togethers in the food world.
01.18.07
chefs + restaurants

In Good Company

In the local dialect of Avellino, mesali means "tablecloths." Now, it is also the name of a new association of restaurants.
January 2007
chefs + restaurants

Colman Andrews’s Favorite Restaurants in Italy

Gambero Rosso, featured in Gourmet, may be contributing editor Colman Andrews's latest find, but when it comes to Italian restaurants, he has a long list of favorites.
January 2007
chefs + restaurants

Newly Opened Restaurants: Ian's Take

It was his first day, so maybe it's not fair. But when my well-meaning waiter asked, "Umm, did you guys get your entrees yet?" My response was, "Umm…no."
12.27.06
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