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Family-run restaurants may not be as prevalent as they used to be, but if you look closely, family ties are still threaded throughout the industry. Beyond brothers Eli and Max Sussman, who have taken over Food Republic for today, there are a number of high-profile chefs and restaurateurs with siblings who are also highly involved…

Nashville-based writer Chris Chamberlain profiles chefs and restaurants with particular talents for classic and reinvented Southern dishes. Now, he's taking his investigations another link up the food chain as he travels to visit with some of those chefs' favorite farmers, ranchers and purveyors from across the South. In a new Food Republic series,  Southern Grown…

[caption id="attachment_69679" align="alignnone" width="700" ] Grill Marks (clockwise from top left): Bryan Voltaggio, grilled veggies, Tom Colicchio, ribeye steaks.[/caption] Food Republic's third annual Grilling Month may have come and gone, but grilling season remains in full force as the official start of summer fast approaches. In order to refresh your backyard barbecue knowledge, we revisit…

This morning, Bravo announced the contestant lineup for season five of Top Chef Masters. Curtis Stone remains as the host and Gail Simmons will serve as head critic, with the first episode slated to air July 24. The stakes remain pretty much the same. Each chef competes for a $100,000 donation for their favorite charity.…

[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…

Read our interview with Bryan Voltaggio One day, I sampled an oyster leaf with Graeme Ritchie, my sous chef and right-hand man. Struck by its amazing oyster flavor, we decided to pair it with salsify (a.k.a. "oyster plant") to re-create the experience of eating its aquatic namesake. When you bite into this mock oyster, it…

Much like Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio, Bryan Voltaggio had a significant kitchen career before becoming sort of insanely famous while appearing on the reality cooking show in 2009. For those who didn’t watch what happened, he finished runner-up in a memorable season that placed him against the eventual winner — his baby brother Michael.…