The Riesling Asylum might be a more apt name for this sliver of a wine bar in New York’s East Village—only the inmates are the ones running the place.

Sometimes cooking classes can be like a creepy dating game, but not at Astor Center, which offers educational programs on just about everything that’s consumable.

Will Goldfarb, the innovative pastry chef, can be as whimsical as he is chemically precise.

Dark red tuna sat on the counter, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, the master of French-Asian technique was ready. “Shall we get started?” he said.

At Julie Sahni’s Indian Cooking school, in Brooklyn, you’ll learn about shrimp in roasted-coconut sauce— and a multitude of spices.

Learning about love and breakfast over late night drinks.

Sometimes New York is the friendliest place on earth.

Elettaria is American bistro cuisine, lifted from the predictable with a deft hand and an elegant, inventive use of the spice rack.

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.

No matter how you look at it, Adour is not what you expect. If you’re anticipating a replay of Alain Ducasse’s last New York venture, this old-fashioned menu is a surprise....