Last week, New York Times restaurant critic Peter Wells published a scathing review of one of the iconic restaurants in the U.S.—Peter Lugar Steakhouse. Luger
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What’s the Point?
René Redzepi, famed chef of Copenhagen’s Noma, recently opened a pop up restaurant in Tulum, in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, for a seven-week
The Chefs Speak Out
Lucky Peach in their issue on fine dining interviewed chefs from around the world on the state of fine dining. Here are a few insightful
Biases in Crowdsourced Reviews
I’ve found crowdsourced review sites like Yelp to be utterly unreliable for anything but the most basic information about a restaurant. A new study suggests
Can We Bring Back the Restaurant Review?
The decline of the restaurant review has been well-documented. As newspapers and magazines have cut back their coverage of restaurants, the professional reviewer has largely
Do Diners Want Authenticity or Flavor?
Joyce Goldstein, San Francisco chef and author of one of my favorite cookbooks, launched a rant last week that seemed to sum up the current
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 