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Michael Chiarello strolls into the sixth floor lounge at NYC's Soho House looking more like he's about to appear on a TV show than meet for coffee in a shabby-chic private club. Dressed in an immaculately ironed (yet untucked) button-down, and flashing his trademark half-smile, the chef, entrepreneur and TV star has in fact just…

[caption id="attachment_63351" align="alignnone" width="700" ] Clockwise: Michael Chiarello, Ed Lee with fans, sea-urchin fennel toast and dungeness crab salad from ink, Guy being a good Guy, the red carpet on the plaza of LA Live. [/caption] This weekend we decamped to Los Angeles for the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival, an upstart…

Michael Chiarello doesn't mess around when it comes to grilling meats. He got himself an iron cross — he straps whole animals to it and cooks the meat slow and easy (more on that in a minute). But what about those of us who don't own insanely popular Italian restaurants — like Chiarello's Bottega —…

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…

Chef, cookbook author, restaurateur, and winemaker—there's not a lot of the Napa Valley culinary lifestyle scene untouched by Michael Chiarello. He ties together his varied interests in a lifestyle brand called NapaStyle. From his iconic Tra Vigne restaurant in the 1980s to his current Bottega, he has helped define wine country cuisine. Today, Chiarello shares…

Chef, cookbook author, restaurateur, and winemaker—there's not a lot of the Napa Valley culinary lifestyle scene untouched by Michael Chiarello. He ties together his varied interests in a lifestyle brand called NapaStyle. From his iconic Tra Vigne restaurant in the 1980s to his current Bottega, he has helped define wine country cuisine. Today, Chiarello shares…