
Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break
It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an ...

Chefs cook, raise money for Boston bombing victims
Boston Marathon bombing victims joined hundreds of first responders and well-wishers at Fenway Park as dozens of top chefs served fine food and drinks ...
Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion
Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be ...
Bravo's 'Top Chef' heads to New Orleans
Bravo's hit cooking competition show "Top Chef" is heading to New Orleans. The cable TV network issued a statement Friday that "the vibrant food scene ...

David Chang, Paul Kahan tie for top chef honor
Food may not have been their first calling, but coming late to the culinary scene clearly hasn't slowed David Chang and Paul Kahan. On Monday, the two ...

Beards name ChopChop top food publication of 2013
No trendy restaurants. No fancy equipment. No hard-to-find hipster ingredients. The pages of this year's top food publication don't read like your ...

Ferran Adria brings elBulli exhibition to London
You've eaten at the restaurant — or probably you haven't. Now visit the exhibition. Spanish chef Ferran Adria, the man behind the late, lamented ...
Court filing: Ex-chef knows of Va. gov wrongdoing
A former chef at the Virginia governor's mansion who is facing felony embezzlement charges says in court papers that he gave investigators evidence ...

Bethenny Frankel to expand Skinnygirl product line
Bethenny Frankel plans to expand her Skinnygirl line of wine and spirits and power bars to include more food products. "You'll definitely see ...

White House asst. chef says he will be furloughed
Even White House chefs could be feeling the pain of government budget cuts. Assistant chef Sam Kass, who cooks dinner for President Barack Obama ...

Sandra Lee taking a break after her 25th cookbook
Sandra Lee says her next cookbook will be her last. At least for a while. The Food Network star known for semi-homemade cooking — and more recently ...

Chef John Besh hosts new cooking show at La. home
John Besh has cooked for thousands in his restaurants. He has cooked for millions on TV. But he recently realized he'd lost sight of cooking for the ...

Behind the scenes of 'Top Chef: Seattle' finale
Kristen Kish made winning the "Top Chef: Seattle" finale look easy. In reality, preparing her five-course meal on the fly as the Bravo cooking ...

Michelle Obama highlights obesity progress in MS
Michelle Obama on Wednesday congratulated this Southern state for a more than 13 percent drop in its child obesity rates, saying its example should ...
B. Smith to be guest chef in White House mess
Restaurateur B. Smith will be the guest chef Wednesday in a White House restaurant run by the Navy. Word got out during an interview that Michelle ...

Nigella Lawson speaks her mind, minds her curves
America might not know what to make of a celebrity chef as comfortable quoting philosophers as corraling reality cooking show contestants. And Nigella ...

Bobby Flay finally brings home Burger Bash win
Bobby Flay is a Burger Bash bridesmaid no more. After years of playing second griddle to Iron Chef Michael Symon, the Food Network star finally netted ...

'Top Chef: Seattle' down to final 2 chefs
Kristen Kish is no longer among the leftovers on "Top Chef: Seattle." The 28-year-old chef de cuisine at Boston restaurant Stir returned in ...

First lady quips that midlife crisis led to bangs
Michelle Obama jokingly says a midlife crisis is what inspired her new haircut with bangs. The first lady revealed the new hairstyle last month on her ...

Spain's elBulli restaurant to reopen for lucky few
Spain's famous elBulli restaurant will temporarily reopen later this year as renowned chef-owner Ferran Adria trains actors for a movie based on his ...

Want a home-cooked meal? It's in the can
There's nothing more satisfying than a home-cooked meal, especially if it comes out of a can or a pouch. As more people try their hand at mimicking ...

Chefs hail first foodies with inauguration salute
Some of Washington's top chefs came together to salute the president ahead of the inauguration, in part because of the first family's influence on the ...

Bethenny Frankel and husband of 2 years separating
Bethenny Frankel and husband Jason Hoppy are separating. The 42-year-old TV personality, chef, author and entrepreneur told The Associated Press ...

Airports trade layover horror for 'terminal bliss'
Getting stranded at an airport once meant enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. These days, it ...

Of droughts and foie gras angst _ the year in food
Most Americans never will sip the watermelon margarita at Guy Fieri's behemoth Times Square restaurant, nor savor the chicken Alfredo at the Olive ...