Thanksgiving is a chef's holiday. I don't know a single chef who doesn't love it. Yet every year, I find myself at work on Thanksgiving instead of enjoying the holiday at home with family and friends. Such is the nature of the service industry, and most holidays, I don't much...

Perhaps I'm just not that trendy, but this whole mixology thing has me in a twist. While I don't want to discredit anyone's interest in concocting creative cocktails (believe you me, I sure like drinking them), what is the difference between an inspired bartender and my grandfather?

They both...

Food trends come and go, but will that be the case of the cupcake?

I never thought it would come to this, but I think I have grown tired of them.

I have, since childhood, regarded the cupcake as the Holy Grail of baked goods. Set in its...