Patrick Stewart Declares Frank Pepe’s Pizza the ‘Best’ He’s Ever Eaten Five years ago, Sir Patrick Stewart embarked on a remarkable journey. He ate his first slice of pizza, something he’d apparently forgotten to do during his life as one…
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A Year of Salt Bae, the Internet’s Perfect Chef It’s been a year — at minimum — of tremendous cultural upheaval, not least of which because January 7, 2017, was the day that someone finally became famous for seasoning meat.…
You Can’t Unsee Colbert Mocking Trump’s Bedtime-Burger Obsession By now, it’s clear that Michael Wolff’s fly-on-the-wall account of year one inside of President Trump’s White House has something to scandalize or worry everyone. For Stephen Colbert, he’s particularly troubled by…
This Week’s Top Chef Featured a Genuinely Surprising Development Happy New Year! In the spirit of seasonal contemplation, everyone is feeling just a little bit pensive this week. “I realize what a dumb-ass I’ve been,” reflects Bruce. “I gotta do…
Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Perelman Knows Drinks Taste Better After the Kids Are in Bed “When you write about cooking and create recipes for a living, people understandably assume you cook all day, every day, and delight in every moment of…
Food-Safety Experts Say Avoid Romaine Lettuce If You’re Not Into E. Coli Feds are trying to get to the bottom of a dangerous E. coli outbreak spreading across the U.S. and Canada that seems tied to romaine lettuce, and food-safety…
Chef Resigns After Bragging That She ‘Spiked’ a Vegan’s Food The British chef who claimed that she secretly fed animal products to a vegan, and subsequently received death threats, has decided to step aside at her restaurant. Laura Goodman, co-owner…
12 Excellent Things to Eat, Drink, and Do in New York City This January Every month in New York, there’s a bewildering number of new dishes to eat, drinks to imbibe, and food-themed events to attend. Often, the hardest part…
Watch 40,000 Pounds of ‘Molten Guacamole’ Burn on a Texas Highway These 100,000 avocados are toast: News choppers captured 40,000 pounds’ worth on fire yesterday afternoon after their delivery vehicle burst into flames on a Texas highway. The 18-wheeler was…
Oregon Bakery Must Pay 5,000 for Refusing to Make Wedding Cake for Gay Couple Oregon’s appeals court has written what could be the final chapter in the Sweet Cakes by Melissa anti-gay bakery saga. As a quick refresher, the drama’s…
A Complete Timeline of Guy Fieri’s Reviled Times Square Restaurant After five years, the Donkey Sauce has run dry at Guy Fieri’s Times Square restaurant. The party at Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar will officially be over as of January…
Last Night’s Top Chef Featured Family Histories and Lots of Kids Yes, yes, we will get to tonight’s action-packed Quickfire Challenge momentarily, but first, big news in the Bear Den: Bruce is having a baby! He and his wife have…
Chef J.J. Johnson Starts His Day With Eggnog Waffles It’s been an eventful year for chef J.J. Johnson: He left his post as the executive chef of Minton’s, became a new father to twins, and wrote his first book. Recently,…
Guy Fieri’s Much-Loathed Times Square Restaurant to Close Forever Pour one out — preferably a Lady Liberty Cosmo — for Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar. Employees at Guy Fieri’s 500-person Times Square restaurant tell Eater they will throw in the…