Chef has pretty much replaced gourmet cook to describe anyone who cooks well. I must confess that the growing use of the word bothers me. ... more

Five years after Mayor Michael Bloomberg banished smoke-filled barrooms, smoke is coming back. Only this time the smoke isn’t in the air. It’s in your ... more

An exploration of the 17th-century shift in French cooking, when chefs rejected pseudomedical dictates to emphasize a more novel merit of food: its taste.

Rolls that are as gorgeous as sushi rolls, but far easier to produce.

At a Pakistani meal in London, the unmistakable flavor of the past.

Local-mindedness in the West Country’s restaurants is growing, making eating about a deeper connection between the people and the land.