(NEW YORK) - Nothing needs to be adjusted about the food at Govind Armstrong?s sleek New York version of Table 8, ensconced in the super-modernist Cooper Square Hotel.

This week’s roundup includes Govind Armstrong’s much-heralded New York entrance, a covert lunch operation in San Francisco, a Mississippi spin on small plates, and a down-home tapas bar in...

This semifreddo (Italian for"half-cold") is like a softly set ice cream that doesn't require churning. Grappa lends the poached fruit character and depth.

(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.

(BOSTON) - This downtown newcomer serves some of Boston’s most exceptional food.

(BOSTON) - When I visited Sora Lella on Spring Street recently, the room was packed with expats and visitors hungry for a taste of the classic Roman cuisine that has made the original outpost (by the same name) in Rome a celebrity-haunted hot spot for 50...

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

In praise of food that someone cares about enough to make, but doesn’t care so much you’re afraid to eat it.

Consider this a reintroduction to some old standbys, because cauliflower, asparagus, and fennel taste utterly new with a mellow garlicky dressing.

When life gives you lemons, make risotto. The clean, citrusy spark brightens both the asparagus and the shrimp.