“There are several theories about the origin of eggplant parmigiana,” Antonino Montefusco tells me. I’ve just pushed back from a meal of epic proportions at Terrazza Bosquet — a Michelin-starred restaurant inside the Excelsior Vittoria hotel in Sorrento, Italy. The eggplant parmigiana is layers of melted mozzarella and thick eggplant. The bright sauce is made from…
In efforts to make a more healthy union, Ireland is proposing that restaurants across the country publish calorie counts on their menus. The Restaurant Association of Ireland, according to The Journal, is wary of the legislation.Adrian Cummins, the chief executive of the RAI, said that the proposed law will discourage food tourism to Ireland, something the country…
Michelin’s connoisseurship just stooped to a new level. For the first time, one of the global tire giant's dining guides has added purveyors of street food to its usual crowd of sit-down restaurants. While the street is nouvelle territory for the French ratings system, it's where those streets lie that’s most peculiar: Hong Kong and Macau.Which…
The 2016 Michelin Guide for the San Francisco Bay Area was released yesterday, and among the top honorees is chef David Kinch’s Manresa in Los Gatos, California. The restaurant received an additional star this year, totaling three — the influential dining guide's highest rating. On Twitter, Kinch credited his team at Manresa for the upgrade.It…
The Michelin Guide is the longest running, and most established, restaurant ratings service in the world. It started in France in 1900 and now publishes 24 guides around the world. London has its own guide, as does Tokyo, Chicago, San Francisco, Germany and Spain. France takes its little red book the most seriously, and rightly…
Hong Kong bills itself as “Asia's World City” and that's largely due to the fact that major banking operations use HK as their base. As a result, there are a lot of wonderfully lavish restaurants vying for expense account dollars with precious food created by major chefs from around the globe. Here are 10 haute…
Michelin stars are easy prey. Unlike other big game, they can't move. When they see your hungry maw approaching, they have no choice but to just sit there and give up their delicious bounty. Sadly, there's no special society for Star Hunters like myself. We don't have an obscure channel dedicated to our exploits and…
The Michelin Guide is the longest running, and most established, restaurant ratings service in the world. It started in France in 1900, and now publishes 24 guides around the world. New York has their own guide, as does Tokyo, London, San Francisco, Germany and Spain. France takes their little red book the most seriously, and…
The Michelin Guide is the longest running, and most established, restaurant ratings service in the world. It started in France in 1900, and now publishes 24 guides around the world. London has their own guide, as does Tokyo, Chicago, San Francisco, Germany and Spain. France takes their little red book the most seriously, and rightly…
The Michelin Guide is the longest running, and most established, restaurant ratings service in the world. It started in France in 1900, and now publishes 24 guides around the world. New York has their own guide, as does Tokyo, London, San Francisco, Germany and Spain. France takes their little red book the most seriously, and…
Humanes is a gritty little industrial town located 30 km south of Madrid. It’s hardly on the tourist route. The guidebooks? Not a chance. But it’s here where chef Mario Sandoval has made a huge name for himself at familial Restaurante Coque. He’s earned a coveted Michelin star and last week was awarded a National…
The Michelin stars for Europe's main cities were announced today. New stars were awarded to some restaurants, stars were taken away from others, and a new batch of rising stars made the list as well. Some highlights below. No new three star restaurants. New two star restaurants ("Excellent cooking, worth a detour"): Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark…
Portuguese chef Nuno Mendes is bringing a collective of world-class chefs to his London restaurant, Viajante. For each night from April 25 to May 1, the Michelin-starred Mendes will host an acclaimed chef from a different part of the globe as part of a collective he's calling CRAFT, with the goal of showcasing "the idea…
The Michelin Guide is the longest running, and most established, restaurant ratings service in the world. It started in France in 1900, and now publishes 24 guides around the world. New York has their own guide, as does Tokyo, London, San Francisco, Germany and Spain. France takes their little red book the most seriously, and…
The much-hyped Michelin stars have been released in NYC, and Eleven Madison Park, Atera and Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare are the big movers. Chef Cesar Ramirez at Brooklyn Fare moves up to become one of only seven 3-star establishments in the city, and the only one in restaurant-rich Brooklyn; Humm's EMP jumps from two…
The Michelin guide’s star system of grading restaurants is a rather quaint and antiquated thing in today’s food culture — where hot restaurants are calculated by likes, the longest line on a street corner, the fastest thumbs and Instagram pics. But the recently released documentary, Three Stars, makes the solemn case that the little red…
French chef Michel Bras is handing over 3-Michelin-starred Restaurant Bras to his son and protégé Sébastien after 15 years of close collaboration in the picturesque Aubrac region of south France. Get ready for Step Up To The Plate (Entre Les Bras), a fall food film that combines stop-motion plating, accordion-fueled drinking songs, vegetable marrow and…
Last night I hit a screening room in Times Square for a showing of 2010's Three Stars, a documentary by media historian and award-winning filmmaker and journalist Lutz Hachmeister. Am I a little over two years late? You bet, but I just can't turn down a movie I didn't pay $16 for. Plus, no sticky…
First our man-on-the-ground in Chicago recommended Takashi as one of the go-to restaurants for visitors and Chicagoans alike. Next, he gave props to The Publican. Then he threw back some affordably priced cocktails at The Whistler and went to check out some indie rock bands at Lincoln Hall before re-visiting his favorite music haunt The…