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Paula Deen’s missed opportunity

UPDATE 1/23/12: For an extended and refined version of this post, please see my commentary in the Outlook section of January 22′s Washington Post: What Paula Deen Didn’t Bring To The Table. It could...

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At this dinner, the guest is in the kitchen

City Grit in New York (photo courtesy of The New York Times) For chefs, there is no credential like cooking in New York. Until recently, that generally required vying for a night as a guest chef at the...

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New York chefs in short supply

Simon Doggett/Flikr New York City has long been considered the nation’s epicenter for all things culinary. The borough of Manhattan had more than 6,000 restaurants at last count. And the city has the...

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Is Gustu the world’s next best restaurant?

A cauliflower trio at Gustu If you had asked me last year to guess where the next great destination restaurant would pop up, my answer would not have been La Paz, Bolivia. The second-largest city in...

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The reality of “A Chef’s Life”

Vivian Howard samples a persimmon. (Image courtesy of the Washington Post) Reality TV, despite the name, mostly serves up scripted dialogue, manufactured drama and plenty of well-worn stereotypes. If,...

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Meat on the side

Chefs around the country, and the globe, are pushing meat from the center of the plate—and sometimes off it altogether. Trade, in Boston, serves polenta topped with fall squash, peppers, scallions and...

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“Prune” is a book for cooks

Gabrielle Hamilton at Prune (Photo courtesty of The Washington Post) A meal at Prune is emblematic of its chef-owner Gabrielle Hamilton’s approach to food: honest, unconventional and defiantly...

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Sam Kass says it’s time for the food movement to grow up

On Sunday Nov. 7, the Washington Post published an op-ed calling for a national policy for food, health and well-being. “How we produce and consume food has a bigger impact on Americans’ health and...

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The rise of mid-atlantic cuisine

Charred apple and ham salad (image courtesy of the Wall Street Journal) If you’re not from Washington, D.C., you might raise an eyebrow at the breathless reception that’s greeted the city’s biggest...

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Digging deep with Claus Meyer

Photo: Thomas Grøndal There are many labels that apply to Claus Meyer: chef, philosopher, TV star, philanthropist. But the one Meyer likes best—and the one that encompasses his boundless interests—is...

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