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WATCH: Restaurant Dish Features 86 Different Components

Posted 05.11.2012

Grant Achatz's Next Restaurant might have been getting a lot of the attention recently, but there's no reason to forget about Alinea (actually, we dou...

New List Of World's Best Restaurants Has Chicago's Alinea On Top

Posted 04.01.2012

For years, if you were to ask 10 restaurant experts what the best restaurant in the world was, nine out of 10 would have agreed: Ferran Adria's El Bul...

You've Got... Grant Achatz

AOL | Posted 03.16.2012

World-renowned chef Grant Achatz discusses his recipe for restaurant success and what it was like to create innovative dishes when he lost his sense o...

WATCH: Alinea's Grant Achatz On Being Misunderstood

Posted 03.15.2012

"I think the cuisine we do here at Alinea is oftentimes misunderstood," says chef Grant Achatz. "It's not about being buttoned up in a tight tie and s...

Robin Wilkey

SF Restaurant To Launch Innovative Prepaid Reservation System

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.02.2012

Reservations at San Francisco's best restaurants can be hard to come by: so hard to come by that one might even pay in advance for a seat. And come th...

Joe Satran

Achatz Reveals Huge Change For Alinea

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 03.02.2012

It's already hard to get a reservation at Alinea, Grant Achatz's universally acclaimed, three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Chicago. But soon it's go...

WATCH: Restaurant Creates Edible Helium Balloon

Posted 02.14.2012

Recently, Grant Achatz has been getting so much press for his restaurant Next, his bar The Aviary and his successful memoir Life on the Line that it's...

The Savory Side of StarChefs International Chefs Congress

Regina Varolli | Posted 12.23.2011

Regina Varolli

What do you get when you have Pierre Hermé, Massimo Bottura, Andoni Luis Aduriz, Grant Achatz, Jeffrey Steingarten, Elizabeth Falkner and Johnny Iuzzini all under the same roof? The StarChefs International Chefs Congress.

A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Growing Food For Top Restaurants

Posted 11.08.2011

Food Informants is a week-in-the-life series profiling fascinating people in the food world. We hope it will give you a first-hand look at the many di...

Food Informants: Diary Of A Four-Star Serviceware Designer

Posted 09.13.2011

HuffPost Food is excited to introduce Food Informants, a brand-new, week-in-the-life series profiling fascinating people in the food world. We hope it...

Top Critic Pits World's Best Restaurants Head-To-Head

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 08.21.2011

LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold may be America's best restaurant critic. He's the only food writer ever to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism ("For his zest...

Grant Achatz: Foundation, Innovation, Every Moment Is New

Leah Mayor | Posted 07.18.2011

Leah Mayor

Grant Achatz is known for his sophistication, originality, creativity and surprise. A meal at Alinea has been elevated from the rankings of mere food to being hailed as art, sculpture, even a spiritual experience.

Cub Scouts Wreak Havoc On Alinea Kitchen

Posted 05.30.2011

It's a privilege for any young chef to cook inside the Alinea kitchen and for this pack of seven-year-old Cubs Scouts, culinary training came early. T...

How Grant Achatz Makes A Burger

Men's Health | Posted 05.25.2011

When Men's Health challenged Grant Achatz, chef/owner of the gastronomic temple Alinea in Chicago, to reinvent what may be man's favorite food for our...

Grant Achatz On The Biggest Misconception About Alinea & The Call From Ruth Reichl

The Huffington Post | Colin Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

*Scroll down for an excerpt from Alinea Chef Grant Achatz's just-released memoir, Life, on the Line* Float the idea that Grant Achatz's restaurant Al...

Was Alinea Ripped Off? Grant Achatz Thinks So

Eater Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and it looks like someone may really want to impress Grant Achatz. The Alinea chef tweeted j...

WATCH: Chicago's Grant Achatz Talks About Starting Out

Posted 05.25.2011

Alinea's Grant Achatz has already received more recognition and awards than most chefs could ever dream of. Now, he is getting ready to accept another...

Chicago Episode Of Andrew Zimmern's 'Bizarre Foods' Airs Tonight

Posted 05.25.2011

Chicago is home to some of the most respected chefs in the world. Whether you're into greasy spoons or Michelin-rated fine dining establishments, we h...

Next Up For Umami Burger Owner: 'Non-Vietnamese' Vietnamese Restaurant

la.eater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Finally, finally, finally Red Medicine is prepared for its debut! Opening day lands this coming Thursday, hours of operation run 6PM-11PM, Tuesday thr...

How Grant Achatz Creates Dishes For Alinea:A Look Inside

gq.com | Jessica Glavin | Posted 05.25.2011

While we're still patting ourselves on the back for pulling off Thanksgiving dinner, Grant Achatz is experimenting with leather as an ingredient and t...

How They Celebrated on Their Big Day

Audarshia Townsend | Posted 05.25.2011

Audarshia Townsend

The hard-working staff of Alinea worked their a#@es off to get those three coveted Michelin stars.

Chicago's Michelin Guide Drops: See Who Won Three Stars

Posted 05.25.2011

Michelin has released its first-ever Chicago restaurant guide, and its allocation of stars is sure to raise a stir in the foodie community. Two resta...

Yelp User Claims To Have Leaked Chicago Michelin Star Ratings

Audarshia Townsend | Posted 05.25.2011

Audarshia Townsend

(Photo: Michelin Guides) A Yelp user is claiming to have the scoop on the Michelin stars that will be awarded to Chicago's top restaurants on Wedne...

Taking an Oblique Path and Finding the Center

Bill Lasarow | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Lasarow

The cultural environment in a particular region is an idiosyncratic reflection of the active participants. In Texas, common cause trumps the blood sport and artists accept aesthetic disputes in stride.

Grant Achatz To Appear on Martha Stewart

NBC's Feast | Posted 05.25.2011

Remember when Martha Stewart's cameras were all up in Alinea's grills earlier this year? Looks like Grant Achatz is off chilling with ol' M. Diddy for...