Rather than resting on their three-Michelin-starred laurels, Chef Daniel Humm and general manager Will Guidara decided to present the best of what local food producers offer at Eleven Madison Park. I Love New York includes nearly 150 recipes -- for the home...

Cook It Raw, the annual gathering where today's most innovative and avant-garde chefs explore environmental, cultural and social issues through gastronomy might be the world's most talked about, yet simultaneously off-the-record, culinary event. That is until now.

Cook It Raw co-founder...

"A persistent and obsessive character may be necessary to be a good bookbinder," says Gavin Dovey, a design bookbinder and founder of Paper Dragon Books.

Paper Dragon Books clients include LVMH, the New York Public Library, the Pier Pont Morgan Library,...

While advertisements for the incredible, edible egg aren't as prevalent as they once were, eggs are an essential part of any bakery and restaurant--from pancakes and muffins, custard tarts and quiches, cakes and cookies, to soups, salads, and sandwiches. But no chef has celebrated...

Over four hundred chefs have given restaurant recommendations in Where Chefs Eat, "the ultimate insiders' guide". Thanks to better working hours and cheaper travel, dining out in the cities where they work in or locales around the world is...

We've learned from watching The Nutcracker and, more recently Black Swan, that dancers have enviable arms, high and tight derrières, lean legs, and regal posture. Several ballet-based workouts -- or empires -- have emerged in the last decade with the premise that the best way to achieve these long muscles...

Holiday season is nearly over and if you've enjoyed yourself, chances are your pants are a little tighter than they were earlier this fall. With dozens of cleanses out there, I conducted a side-by-side comparison of several to start the year on the right foot. As each of the cleanses...

Yesterday, a panel hosted by NYU debated why books and benchmarks matter to introduce the release of 101 Classic Cookbooks, 501 Classic Recipes. I had the opportunity to discuss the future of cookbooks, food blogs and apps, and the term "foodie" with Mark Bittman, bestselling cookbook author and New York...

Fäviken, the "world's most daring restaurant," is a 12-seat barn on a 24,000-acre hunting estate 375 miles north of Stockholm, in northwestern Sweden. As a teen, the chef, Magnus Nilsson -- who has been described as "part Viking lumberjack and part Shaman" -- created a 20 year business plan that...

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...