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Cayenne and turmeric, be damned. It's the burger that finds itself on more restaurant menus than ever. But could it be on its final legs?

Ladies and gentleman, the burger has officially been crowned as the barometer of a restaurant’s quality level. And it’s never been a pricier commodity.

Tonight for dinner we have all manners of polenta — crispy, extra-creamy, grilled, baked — proving indisputably once and for all that polenta is a versatile, tasty, easy-to-make and impressive element to incorporate into a meal. If you’re a fan of cheese, you just found your favorite new way to enjoy it. Prefer grits? They really…

Mention Jamaica to someone and chances are that reef-lined beaches and reggae music come to mind. Then there are those who might recall the odds-defying Olympic bobsled team and, perhaps, a pervasive culture of marijuana consumption. And we’re not necessarily disputing these stereotypes, even if a few of them might be just that — stereotypes. Lesser…

Every autumn brings a fresh roster of enticing new restaurants to New York City. The anticipation alone is a great appetizer, especially since many restaurateurs have no clear idea when their snazzy new locations will actually open. It could be fall. Heck, it could be spring. That's just life in the big city. This season's crop…

Hungry for something new? Look no further than a cookbook by renowned chef April Bloomfield, of NYC’s Spotted Pig and the Breslin. Her latest cookbook, A Girl and Her Greens, highlights vegetable-focused cuisine. Get in season with delicious spring asparagus and fresh pasta — this recipe will jump-start your spring cooking repertoire.  This entire dish is right out…

Hungry for something new? Look no further than a cookbook by renowned chef April Bloomfield of NYC’s Spotted Pig and the Breslin. Her latest cookbook, A Girl and Her Greens, hits the shelves April 21st and highlights vegetable-focused cuisine. Get in season with delicious spring artichokes — this recipe will jump-start your spring cooking repertoire.  One…

Tonight marks the airing of the wild game breakfast special episode of MeatEater, Steven Rinella’s outdoors hunting television series produced by Zero Point Zero Production, the parent company of Food Republic. Airing on The Sportsman Channel tonight at 8 p.m. EST, the series has earned multiple Sportsman Choice Awards, as well as a James Beard…

An impressive group of irrepressible chefs — including Sean Brock, April Bloomfield and Jamie Bissonnette — are sharpening their knives in preparation for the Northern Chefs Alliance's upcoming "Play With Fire" dinner, benefiting the charitable FarmOn! Foundation. Ten chefs from the U.S. and Canada will prepare a bountiful feast at Fish & Game Farm in…

New York City restaurateur Ken Friedman announced his plan last January to take over legendary San Francisco bar Tosca with his longtime chef-partner April Bloomfield. The 93-year-old sometimes café and celebrity watering hole is a Bay Area legend, inviting the likes of Johnny Depp, Sean Penn and Bono in for a private drink (or 12).…

"I like this dish because when they cook they get all fluffy with this hot, melted ricotta," says chef April Bloomfield. Funny, that's why we like gnudi, too, but sadly we never got to make ours for Italian cookbook icon Marcella Hazan, who passed away this past September, not long after this episode of The…

We’ve fallen hard for the Pok Pok cookbook, which in our humble opinion is a lock for an IACP or James Beard cookbook award — the highest honors given in an industry that has had an incredibly prolific fall. Since an advance copy arrived at our offices a few months back, we’ve been working our…

According to press materials for PBS television series The Mind of a Chef, which debuts its second season on September 7 with chefs April Bloomfield and Sean Brock, Brock’s mission in life is to expose the world to regional varieties of Southern cuisine, and to erase the misconception that it's all just fried chicken, biscuits…

[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/WynWNhFI1Ds] This is exciting! We just got word from Zero Point Zero Productions that the new season of Anthony Bourdain’s award winning PBS show The Mind Of A Chef will star Sean Brock and April Bloomfield, two chefs we’ve spend a lot of time writing about. You may recall that season one followed David Chang's…

“I was starting to be known as the meat guy,” admits British cookbook author and food television presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as we share a booth at the Spotted Pig in New York's West Village. In the U.K., Hugh is famous for his River Cottage television series — where he cooks from his Devon headquarters (the…

Welcome to March. Are you ready for spring?! I am. And not just because of my decreased levels of Vitamin D and growing hatred of long sleeves, but because it's starting to pain me to see what tricks chefs are employing to counteract the lack of any fresh ingredients in their kitchens. Before we start,…

Last night, two of our favorite chefs on the planet joined forces to make pizza, when April Bloomfield became the latest out-of-town guest chef at Michael Schwartz's Harry's Pizzeria. We couldn't be there ourselves, unfortunately — hey, we can't be everywhere! — but we spotted Genuine Hospitality Group's Jackie Sayet's post on the Michael's Genuine…

In part two of our interview with recovering music exec — turned restaurant empire builder — Ken Friedman, the scene shifts to the third floor of The Spotted Pig, the restaurant’s private event space and big-boys clubhouse. We’re sipping pilsner on a cold weekday afternoon while members of his staff eat family meal in the…

Ken Friedman does not drop names, he plants them like seeds. We’re sitting at a table in a narrow hallway off the dining room of his New York City oyster bar John Dory when he causally references his role in promoting the first American U2 shows during his San Francisco college years. This leads to…

The only thing we here at Food Republic don't like about April Bloomfield's tour for her book A Girl And Her Pig is that it takes her away from her restaurants near our HQ. There's nothing like coming out of a pork-filled lunch meeting at The Breslin and seeing the chef on the sidewalk chatting…

[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/cU4IIzT-8zA] April Bloomfield is the chef and co-owner of a trio of hot-as-they-come New York City restaurants: The Spotted Pig, The Breslin and The John Dory. Each offer a dining-with-benefits experience — exceptionally flavorful and decadent cooking (pork topped with runny eggs seems to be a go-to prep), served in sharply designed dining rooms packed…

At Monday’s James Beard Awards, we hit the red carpet to find out how chefs like Thomas Keller, Rick Bayless and Duff Goldman are spending their Mother’s Day. Some are working. Some are celebrating. And some are siding up to a plate of their mother’s warm chicken salad. 1. Thomas Keller Working the Mother’s Day…

[caption id="attachment_61997" align="alignnone" width="700" ] From top: The Dove, Stumptown Coffee, April Bloomfield with friend, Chilli Freak pizza at Union Jack's.[/caption] April Bloomfield is the chef and co-owner of a trio of hot-as-they-come New York City restaurants: The Spotted Pig, The Breslin and The John Dory. Each offer a dining-with-benefits experience—exceptionally flavorful and decadent cooking…

Everybody loves an oyster festival. (Well, unless you're one of those squirmy types.) Robert LaValva of the New Amsterdam Market serves up his oyster fest in NYC this weekend with a twist. His South Street Oyster Saloon fundraiser, April 9, from 5-10 p.m. at the Old Fulton Fish Market near South Street Seaport, is a…