Is the food better on the set of a big-budget action movie or a low-budget indie film? I’ve been on huge movies where the food was terrible, and I have done smaller films where the food was really good. It all depends on the producers’ taste. I worked with Drew Barrymore on He’s Just Not That Into You—she was one of the producers—and the food on that set was just unbelievable. Every day, there was a raw bar and a taco stand and a chocolate fountain an...
In this Article Dry Goods Sauces & Condiments Herbs, Spices & Seasonings Vegetables & Fruits Dairy Indian Pantry Essentials: Dry Goods Basmati Rice A fragrant, long grain rice cultivated in India, characterized by grains that become fluffy and do not stick together when cooked. Recipe to Try: Lemon Cashew Rice Chickpeas A high-protein, high-fiber legume that is a staple in Indian cuisine, particularly i...
About Lee Hefter When Lee Hefter a Best New Chef in 1998, he was in charge of a single restaurant: Spago Beverly Hills. But now he’s in charge of the top kitchens for the entire Wolfgang Puck organization: 21 restaurants, four of them Spagos. “Lots of frequent-flier miles—200,000 a year,” says Hefter. In 2012, the Beverly Hills Spago embarked on a $4 million renovation, taking some classics, like smoked-salmon pizza, off the menu. One of the original dishes t...
Most Festive Town: Yountville “They light up the whole town. I like to go to Bouchon and get an outside table, order a drink and look at the lights. It doesn’t get terribly cold and they have outdoor heaters, but it does get chilly and it’s nice to bundle up and sit there with the town all lit up.” Best Food Gifts: Oxbow Public Market “Heritage Culinary Artifacts is amazing for knives and beautiful plates. Oxbow Produce is great too—everyth...
In this Article Cookies, Candies & Other Sweets Jams, Spreads & Preserves Pantry Items Of-the-Moment Food Gifts Cooking Kits & Food Subscriptions Kitchen Gear Wine Gifts Cookies, Candies & Other Sweets “I like to give candied citrus peel: orange, lemon, lime, sometimes grapefruit, which we put in little jars to give to friends. Sometimes we dip the peels halfway in chocolate, sometimes we don&rs...
Photo © Keller + Keller. Joanne Chang Pick a Strong Playlist “The right music can make your party memorable and fun. My husband and I typically stay away from holiday music, though we have this annual argument about Mariah Carey’s song All I Want for Christmas Is You: I love it and want to play it every other song. But my husband hates it, so I try to slip it in and my husband gets really upset. But generally speaking, we stick to nonseasonal stuff. We know fr...
Festive Cocktails: The Four Seasons’ Bristol Lounge “Bristol Lounge is the perfect place to enjoy the holiday festivities without being out in the cold. You overlook the Public Garden, which is beautiful; the bar itself is nice and plush and the service is impeccable. It’s the Four Seasons so you always get treated really well.” fourseasons.com Insider Ice-Skating: Frog Pond “It’s not a huge rink, just a little pond, but all the trees ...
Best Bakery: Pasteleria Escribà “This is one of the greatest bakeries in the world. On January 6, they sell something called the Three Kings Cake, a kind of brioche that looks like challah bread with candied fruit. Inside, there are three figurines or coins and one dried fava bean. Whoever gets the coins or figurines are the kings, and whoever gets the bean is, well, the loser—they have to do the errands for the day, or the dishes.” escriba.es New...
Luxe Seafood: Ristorante Uliassi “This is a Michelin two-star seafood restaurant in the small coastal town of Senigallia along the Adriatic Sea. My friend Mauro Uliassi opened it 22 years ago, doing all of the painting and plumbing himself, and now it’s one of the best restaurants in Italy. Mauro and I met as teenagers cooking in Le Marche; it’s great to see him doing so well after all these years.” uliassi.it Photo © Luca Tiberia. Hist...
Holiday Must-See: Rittenhouse Square “Starting right after Thanksgiving, there’s usually a big tree right in the middle of the square, and the city hosts a tree-lighting ceremony, but the tree’s not my favorite part. I love these colored globe lights hanging all around. They give the square a magical feeling.” visitphilly.com 93,000-Square-Foot Super Museum: The Barnes Foundation This year, one of the country’s most amazing art collections—i...
Bistrot Bruno Loubet Keller wasn’t hungry when he went to this French bistro. “And then I ate everything. A beautiful French vegetable soup, garbure and braised hare.” bistrotbrunoloubet.com. Bubbledogs Chef James Knappett met his wife, Sandia Chang, at Keller’s Per Se in Manhattan, then moved to London. “Sandia wanted to do hot dogs; James is committed to fine dining. They split the place in half,” says Keller, who tasted 12 dogs (includi...
In This Article Market Tour with David Chang Restaurant Hopping with Daniel Boulud Dim Sum with David Chang More Great Toronto Eating Photo © Cedric Angeles. Montreal! Montreal! Montreal! For the last few years, whenever anyone talks about food in Canada, they invariably go on about the Quebec city and its now-infamous over-the-top dishes. I’m thinking specifically of the foie gras Double Down at Joe Beef, which...
In This Article Chef Bryan Voltaggio Chef Andrew Carmellini Chef Paul Qui Chef Gerard Craft Chef Casey Lane Chef Thomas McNaughton Chef Ford Fry Chef Vitaly Paley Chef Renee Erickson Chef Michael Solomonov Photo © Bryan Voltaggio. Chef Bryan Voltaggio Restaurants Volt, Family Meal, Lunchbox, Frederick, MD; Range, Washington, DC Why He Won Because the modernist-cuisine-loving chef isn&r...
Best Brunch: Ralph’s on the Park “There are 150,000 places to have a proper brunch in New Orleans, but this is one of my favorites.” ralphsonthepark.com Home of the Ultimate Sazerac: The French 75 Bar at Arnaud’s Restaurant “Go to the French 75 Bar for a proper Sazerac. That’s the original New Orleans cocktail—it’s hard to go any further back than that. Granted, mixologists will argue about what was first, but that’s wh...
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