Over a couple glasses of wine, a business acquaintance from France quickly became a close friend as we discussed the differences in dating in France and America. I tried to explain that dating was a game with strict rules (1. Double the...

Last December, I fell in love the first -- and only -- time I've eaten at Barbuto. Seated at the intimate, rough hewn wooden chef's table in the kitchen, I was inundated with the rich smells of roasted chicken,...

Gabrielle Hamilton's lavishly acclaimed and highly anticipated memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter, is now available. As anyone who has read reviews of it or The New Yorker or The New York Times excerpts...

This week marks the release of Joyce Carol Oates' memoir A Widow's Story. However, the prolific author herself shies away from categorizing it as such. I had the opportunity to ask her a few questions about the book and her husbands, Ray Smith and Charlie Gross.

Louise...

To kick off the 2010 Eat Drink Local week in New York City, Sotheby's New York is hosting the inaugural Tri-State Heirloom Vegetable auction, The Art of Farming, on September 23, 2010. The day, which begins with an afternoon of gallery talks on food issues, is followed...

Husband-wife team Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel's latest book, What I Eat, is a revealing and fascinating glimpse into the lives of 80 people from all walks of life and around the world. As always food is the vehicle through which...

Florent Morellet, best known for his eponymous 24-hour diner, is the subject of David Sigal's documentary, Florent: Queen of the Meat Market. The film, which highlights Florent's role in social activism and the downtown scene,...

In April, I attended the panel discussion, "Feeding Your Passion: Celebrating NYU Women in the Culinary Arts," at my alma mater. Moderated by Jennifer Berg, the discussion was lively and thought provoking, but only touched upon a few of the many topics I had hoped. With too many questions for...

I first met Serena Palumbo in April, at the NYU panel discussion, "Feeding Your Passion: Celebrating NYU Women in the Culinary Arts." A contestant in the upcoming season of The Next Food Network Star, which debuts June 7, this native Italian, former ballerina, and New York corporate attorney got her...

Food and fashion have, at times, had a fraught relationship. However, Sophie Dahl--as sui generis model, writer, and, now, cookbook author--skillfully and beautifully symbolizes and unites those two potentially antithetical passions. Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights not only fulfills its subtitle promise of recipes for every season, mood, and appetite, it...

Two weeks ago, I attended the panel discussion, "Feeding Your Passion: Celebrating NYU Women in the Culinary Arts," at my alma mater. Moderated by Jennifer Berg, the discussion was lively and thought-provoking, but only touched upon a few of the many topics I had...

A Little History
In 1824, John Cadbury opened a shop in Birmingham, England where he sold tea, coffee, hops, mustard, cocoa, and drinking chocolate, which he made himself using a mortar and pestle. A century later, in 1923, the company that grew out...

1. A documentary (trailer above), a reenactment of Lord of the Rings, and yes, even a fake porn site have been created to honor PEEPS.

2. There is...

What is the future of food journalism? Unfortunately for the attendees of Monday's panel discussion hosted by Culintro, no one expert can give a definitive answer. After selected nibbles (dried fruit, hunks of parmesan cheese, olives, and nuts) and sponsored vodka cocktails, the lubricated would-be food journalists, restauranteurs and restaurant...

"Be Mine." "Kiss Me." "Sweet Talk." Nothing signals Cupid's arrival quite like conversation hearts. This year, thanks to the landslide results of an online survey in which the candy's manufacturer solicited suggestions for new messages, one in 80 candy hearts will say, "Tweet Me."

Over Thanksgiving dinner, my father asked me what happened to French cuisine and cooking with butter. Remembering the Julie and Julia-inspired butter revival eagerly embraced by home chefs around the nation, I initially disagreed. However, upon further reflection, I saw his point. Where has French cuisine gone? After its height...

Thirty-one years after starting at Bon Appétit as an editorial assistant typing recipes, Barbara Fairchild is being honored by MinOnline as one of 2009's 21 Most Intriguing People in Media and will be celebrating ten years as editor-in-chief in 2010. Recently I sat down with her to discuss Thanksgiving, 2009's...

To say New York's culinary editor, Gillian Duffy, is a food expert is an understatement. The author of two cookbooks, Hors d'Oeuvres, Simple, Stylish, Seasonal and New York Cooks, The 100 Best Recipes from New York Magazine, Ms. Duffy has produced...

Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution, or Nos Enfants Nous Accuseront (Our Children Will Accuse Us), is the latest documentary designed to open the public's eyes regarding the danger of food. While Food, Inc. uncovered the horrors of the industrial food system and

The way to a man's heart might be through his stomach, but keeping him well-fed night after night is trying at best -- and a recipe for an unhappy woman at worse. Michelle Maisto knows that opposites may attract, but only after moving in with her fiancé does she learn...