(LISBON) - In the unlikely surroundings of a grand Baroque dining room, José Avillez has injected a little levity into some of the old classics of Portuguese cuisine and brought vanguard cuisine to Lisbon.

(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...

This week’s roundup includes a killer brunch spot in Los Angeles, Neil Perry’s latest venture in Sydney, a perfect pit stop in Italy, and a recent addition to Chapel Hill’s restaurant...

(LOS ANGELES) - Before young pastry chef Zoe Nathan opened her crowd-filled, noisy new bakery/café Huckleberry, there was a sort of Saturday morning workshop version across the street at her and husband Josh Loeb’s restaurant, Rustic...

(SYDNEY) - Drivers, start your Martinis.

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

(CHAPEL HILL) - This birdhouse of a space is on Franklin Street, the local restaurant row, cater-corner from Lantern, Andrea Reusing’s Asian hothouse, and just down the street from Elaine’s on Franklin, where Brett Jennings mans the...

One chef’s molecular gastronomy is as tasty as a day at the beach.

(CHICAGO) - Sunda can pack over 200 guests into its whimsical, sexy dining room. And yet even a restaurant of this size, and with these good looks, can’t compete with the attention garnered by its proprietor Billy Dec....

This week, Catalan flavors in San Francisco, pan-Asian in Chicago, and a salmonless-in-Seattle seafood restaurant; plus the Gourmet contributor behind a new London hot spot, and the place to eat in Paris right now....