Fruit of the Boom
For more than 20 years, the restaurant Quince has been at the center of San Francisco’s social life
The Luncheonette Next Door
From the couple behind the historic Manhattan restaurant Raoul’s comes Revelie, an old-fashioned American diner with a French twist
What’s in a Name?
Arlington is not named Le Caprice, but Jeremy King’s hot new London restaurant is an exact replica of the original Le Caprice that shone in the heyday of Princess Diana and Mick Jagger
Feeding the Hypebeasts
At New York’s Coqodaq, the fried chicken and champagne sound like a gimmick—but they deliver
Poisoned Ivy?
The Ivy was once the most fashionable spot in London. Now it’s a restaurant chain worth more than $1 billion. Have the moneymen killed the glamour?
Valentin’s Day
France’s newest superstar chef is drawing gourmets from all over Europe to Livingston, his restaurant in Marseille
Chef’s Kiss
Come for the romance, stay for the food—there’s plenty to love in the new film The Taste of Things
Wines of the Super Bowl
A heavyweight Cabernet from a trio of offensive linemen? Or a quarterback’s soaring Chardonnay? Our award-winning restaurant critic tackles the N.F.L.’s wines
Ron Yan
With Tolo, his first solo restaurant, the New York City chef brings together several Chinese cuisines in one menu
A Tale of Two Caprices
London’s go-to restaurant of the 80s and 90s is about to be revived—twice
Bread and Better
Montreal’s dining heyday was long ago, but Patrice Demers’s astonishing new restaurant, Sabayon, is pointing to a great future
Alexandra Shapiro
A native New Yorker revives her family’s 1970s Upper East Side restaurant
The Death of La Grenouille?
New York’s fabled French restaurant is up for sale, the result of a Shakespearean feud among the owning family that has pitted brother against brother
That’s Amore
For nearly 40 years, a little Italian nonprofit has worked toward a big goal: preserving the sanctity of Neapolitan pizza around the world. (San Marzano tomatoes only, please!)
Secrets of the Michelin Man
The Michelin Guide will soon start judging the world’s hotels as well as its restaurants. But what will the guide’s shadowy inspectors be looking for?
Dae Kim
At just 29 years old, the Per Se alum is the head chef at Manhattan’s splashiest new fine-dining restaurant
From Tadpole to Frog Prince
For decades, Charles Masson presided over La Grenouille, hosting everyone from Edward R. Murrow to David Rockefeller—not to mention a tricky Truman Capote
Nouveau Appeal
Maxim’s, in Paris, has never been known for its food. But now, under new ownership, it just may manage to re-create its sexy scene
Dishy!
With $300,000 salaries, first-class travel, and endless opportunities to work with caviar, it’s boom times for private chefs
The Heat Is On
From fine dining to sweets shops, there’s never been a better time to eat your way through Mumbai. Our peripatetic omnivore relishes every bite
The King of New York
Ignacio Mattos has silently ruled over the city’s dining scene for a decade. Now the chef is opening up about his upbringing, his love life, and his burning passion for good food
Chef de Mission
The latest cookbook by Le Bernardin’s Eric Ripert promises to make cooking seafood easy. To test it, a writer gave it to her teenage son
Breakfast of Campioni
Founded by an American transplant in Rome and his Italian wife, Homebaked Grandma’s Kitchen serves bacon-and-egg breakfasts to hungry tourists, hungover students, and begrudging locals
Tuscany on the Thames
Started as a lunch canteen for the architects upstairs, Ruthie Rogers’s River Cafe has shaped The Way We Eat Now—and launched the careers of countless chefs
