Akira Back: Rising Star 
You don't see too many Korea-born dudes shredding the challenging slopes of the Colorado Rockies. But Akira Back did it with such style and finesse that...
Curtis Duffy
Chef de Cuisine Curtis Duffy, Avenues, The Peninsula Chicago. This recipe is served with toasted wheat, red wine, saffron curd and nasturtium pudding....
Curtis Duffy
It happens all the time. A star chef who has brought fame and fortune to a restaurant moves on. It's a bad place to be if you're the owner of an abandoned...
Paley's Got the Proof
This is a restaurant at the crossroads of New York style and Louisville grace, but what makes Proof an important restaurant is its food, and for that...
Nobody is Mugging Danny
When you're in the business of writing about food and restaurants, you can always count on the L.A. culinary machine. It seems a new restaurant opens...
San Francisco's Big Apple
In an industry where chefs seemingly change jobs as often as they change dirty aprons, smart restaurant owners often give top chefs a piece of the action...
These Aren't Granny's Desserts
On the dessert menu at Varietal in New York City there's not a snowball's chance in hell you'll find anything your grandmother ever made. No, pastry chef...
Blackbird's New Flight Plan
When Food & Wine named Paul Kahan one of America's Best Chefs in 1999, his restaurant Blackbird was already beginning to secure its legendary status in...
Creating A Wine Country Buzz
How does a gal from Pittsburgh end up creating a culinary buzz in Sonoma, CA? Well, with lots of talent and plenty of airline miles. After Chef Janine...
Gavin Kaysen, Chef de Cuisine, El Bizcocho, San Diego, CA
Some people stumble through life searching for a purpose, while others are on a mission from a ridiculously young age. Gavin Kaysen falls into the later...
Homaro Cantu, Chef, Moto, Chicago, IL
Homaro Cantu Remember those geeky kids in high school who got shoved into lockers by the jocks? Today, many of those jocks are working in the plumbing...
Jared Simons, Chef/Owner, Violet, Los Angeles, CA
In a city as image-conscious as Los Angeles, the temptation to show off is irresistible. That's why it's so refreshing to discover a young talent who's...
Doug Psaltis, Executive Chef, Country, New York, NY
Some people never quite figure out their life's mission, while others, like Doug Psaltis, know from an early age. By the time he was 10, Psaltis was already...
Missy Robbins, Executive Chef, Spiaggia, Chicago, IL
The reputations of some restaurants are larger than life: Any young chef good enough to land a gig at one of them can put a big, fat, gold star on his...
Ryan Poli, Chef, Butter, Chicago, IL
Don't know if Barbra Streisand has been to Chicago to sup at the table of Chef Ryan Poli, but we're betting that she'd declare he cooks "like butta."...
Sarah Schafer, Chef, Frisson, San Francisco, CA
During our search to identify up-and-coming culinary talent, we often find ourselves marveling at the restaurants where these rising stars toil. The decorators...
Matt Carter, Chef/Proprietor, Zinc Bistro, Scottsdale, AZ
In the blast furnace called Scottsdale sits a classic Parisian-style bistro that evokes the frenetic energy of New York City's Balthazar. This incredible...
Jake Linzinmeir, Chef/Owner, Chair 8, Telluride, CO
You think you've got it rough? Try running a restaurant in a ski town. The seasonal business is murder and keeping good help is, to say the least, challenging....
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