Thomas Keller Honored for Lifetime Achievement

With regards to modern American chefs, few are more influential than Thomas Keller. S.Pellegrino honored the chef with their annual lifetime achievement award last month at The World's 50 Best... read more

Diddy Closes Atlanta Restaurant Justin's

Sean "Diddy" Combs
Well looks like Sean "Diddy" Combs is getting out of the restaurant business. BET reports that his 14-year-old restaurant in Atlanta, called Justin's after the rap star's first-born... read more

Shift Drink: Right or Reward?

Shift Drink: Right or Reward?
Snap! Crack! Pop! No, not cereal, it’s ye olde shift drink: the crack of a Pabst, of a beer bottle cap opening, of a cork being freed as cooks, waiters, and dishwashers sidle up to the bar at... read more

Interview with Gordon Ramsay Goes Bad

Gordon Ramsay
Here is an oh-so-good but super awkward story about a reporter from The Guardian and her interview with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The focus of the interview, as the reporter is quick to note, is... read more

Anthony Bourdain’s Moving to CNN and His New Comic Book

Bourdain at Interview
Anthony Bourdain is known for his distinctive personality and witty writing but now he is on the move to CNN and promoting his graphic novel Get Jiro. Bourdain chatted on air with Jimmy Fallon... read more

Political Food Quotes, Moments, and Blunders

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is saucy.
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney defended his right to send hecklers to interrupt a President Barack Obama campaign event during a recent speech arguing that, “the sauce for the goose is sauce... read more

Chef Alicia Jenish on the Move

Chef Jenish
After serving as the executive chef at both the Academy Café at the California Academy of Sciences Museum in San Francisco and Revival Bar and Kitchen in Berkley, Calif., chef Alicia Jenish is... read more

Simon Cowell Starting Up Food Show

Simon Cowell, Hosting Cooking Show
Food really is the new empire — Simon Cowell, of  American Idol and X-Factor fame, will be hosting a cooking competition show to find the best home-cooked meal in Britain. Cowell (... read more