Chef interviews

NYC's blowout tasting event with A Voce, Tia Pol, Painkiller and Vandaag

Know your varieties, how to pair with food and the $1 million question: cold vs. hot

The James Beard Foundation partners with Phaidon and a handful of standout chefs to celebrate 'The Silver Spoon' cookbook

The Lincoln chef gives us a tour of his sleek kitchen and an exclusive preview of a new spring dish

Toasting the food world's top stars and restaurants at Lincoln Center

Celebrating the country's culinary elite with Stephanie Izard, Rocco DiSpirito and Kevin Sbraga

A topsy-turvy seaside extravaganza with Duff Goldman, Bobby Flay, Emeril and a bevy of star chefs

Jim Denburg is thinking big. And Brooklyn!

How to craft a serious southern-fried playlist with Seersucker's resident music nerd, and former Legs McNeil assistant

"I'd rather be labeled a good cook than a good chef." In 2010, he winningly accomplished both, and then some.

TV's extreme eater talks street food, funky grub and the NYC Wine & Food Festival

A slice of what to expect from her new pizzeria, and life post-Psilakis and Burke.

Where do NYC's Gallic gurus go for steak frites and bouillabaisse?

To fete Mother’s Day, six chefs dish about their favorite recipes from Mom.

On the road and in the kitchen with NYC's top spice specialist

Meet the matchmaker behind Ember Room's Todd English and Ian Chalermkittichai

Zak Pelaccio guides us through his passionate Southeast Asian barbecue pit

The Pulino's chef just wants to make the pizza from his childhood. Why all the fuss, he asks?

Can his new restaurant, Faustina, breathe fresh life into the failed Table 8 space?

Talking beer, bourbon and barbecue with the men behind PDT, Fette Sau and Brooklyn Brewery

The chef at Spin's new ping-pong–inspired eatery likes to play table tennis with his chef's knife. Score!

An owner and chef discuss their 2009 (a happy tale)

The Lady Liberty of vegetarian cooking frees us from politically correct veggie jabber. Delicious.

PDT's master barman unzips his custom travel bag. You can own one too!

Bar Blanc’s chef has a taste for Old Time fiddles and Israeli punk rock. The global flavors translate to his plates as well.

10 Downing’s outspoken chef reflects on eleven years in New York

The Food Network star kicks off the NYC Wine & Food Festival at Chelsea Market After Dark

Maialino's chef brings Danny Meyer's Roman holiday to Gramercy this fall

The former New York Times restaurant critic accepts our lunch date. Shack burgers, anyone?

The BK pioneer chats about his upcoming pub-grub spot on the eve of Saul Restaurant's 10th anniversary

Ryan Skeen, Leah Cohen and Joey Campanaro reveal the last meal they prepared at home

At Aldea, it literally takes a village (plus some hearty family mojo) to bring Iberian bites to life

Mom's a top chocolatier. Son's a chef at sizzling Fatty Crab. Talk about good DNA.

An Alinea in New York? Not so fast, says the celebrated chef.

Foraging for veggies, spices and rice wine in the East Village with Dirt Candy's chef-owner

Post-shift dives and snack shops with the author and Dressler pastry chef

NYC's top chefs pitch in for the new park's culinary scene. A ballpark culinary scene?

Apiary’s Scott Bryan returns to New York with his ballsy brand of French-kissed modern cuisine

Sorella's chef-owner likes her American classics: chicken liver and Creedence Clearwater Revival

Even people in Italy rave about his sandwiches. Now, Manhattan can, too.

Caracas owner Maribel Araujo makes a case for the steaming, savory, South American bites

Reality TV refugee Rocco DiSpirito ‘gets real'—with, hey, a new reality TV show

Look Ma, I can cook! Top chefs keep it all in the family biz.

Buttermilk Channel's chef blends comfort staples, refined technique and some South Brooklyn moxie—and don't forget the spicy sausage

He won the first 'Top Chef.' Now, another first: Thanksgiving at his West Village spot, Perilla.

Boqueria's chef on opening in Soho, bootleg Ibérico and thinking outside the bacalao

The owner and his chef talk bands, Bono run-ins and the restaurant's Wilco-inspired "tater tots"

Chatting pastry chefs, sugar highs and chocolate shows with the NYC choco-meister

Slicing! Dicing! Chefs divulge tales of bloody kitchen horrors. Can you stomach it?

Shaking and baking with the ‘Ace of Cakes’ star at the NYC Wine & Food Fest

Chatting on opening day with the MIA chef about his eagerly awaited new spot, Corton

wd-50’s mad scientist shows us the genesis of his ice cream bagel

Up at dawn with Sasabune’s chef at the New Fulton Fish Market in the Bronx

Sueños' chef explores the city's Mexican soul in Corona, Queens

A pair of chefs stir the pot at Williamsburg’s Diner and Marlow & Sons

Shorty’s.32 chef likes his rock classic and black sea bass, psychedelic

The Little Owl’s Joey Campanaro transcends buzz at his tiny West Village joint

The Harrison and Red Cat owner-operator on cooking like Jagger—and for Madonna and Paul McCartney

After introducing regional Italian cookery to New York, Lidia Bastianich has become the bona fide godmother of Italian-American cooking

Pastry provocateur Jehangir Mehta takes us on an exclusive tour of his new sweet-and-savory spot in the East Village

Stanton Social’s owner-chef on the virtues of hard-rock gods Clutch and what songs are blasting in the back of his house