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Culinary luminaries from across the globe gathered Monday at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City for the announcement of the World's 50 Best Restaurants for 2016. It's the first time in the prestigious list's 15-year history that the annual accolades took place somewhere other than London. Next year, organizers will be taking the splashy ceremony to Melbourne,…

Ed Hardy and Francoise Villeneuve have a 7-month-old baby, about the same age as the wailing tot at Alinea that set off a nationwise stir after chef-owner Grant Achatz tweeted about the incident. As culinary professionals, they also have a unique perspective: would they themselves take their baby to a well-heeled establishment for a sit-down…

The good folks at Chicago's Real Kitchen have the Halloween spirit down. They dressed up their restaurant as nearby molecular gastronomy mecca Alinea and made this hilarious video which takes you through their...mmm, free-form chicken flavor explosion (which you assemble at home with the help of a drunk chef-bot). Real Kitchen as Alinea for Halloween…

[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/wSygdcskpFw] We sometimes struggle to wrap our heads around a place like Alinea, where a “ticket” to a tasting menu costs north of $200 for courses called “ginger and five other flavors,” and where the food vs. art debate rages strong. But after watching this video from the Chicago restaurant's kitchen — showing the surgical…