There's little question that Grant Achatz, whose training includes stints with Charlie Trotter, Thomas Keller, and FerranAdrià, deserves the title of America's most creative chef. The menu at his Alinea sounds deceptively simple ("Bass, bl

High-profile organo-loca-sustainavoreDan Barber has found the perfect home at Blue Hill Stone Barns, a beautiful restaurant in a bucolic but hard-working setting on a year-round farm and educational center. Most of what you eat here will be

Of New Orleans' historic grande dame restaurants, and there are a few, Commander's Palace, built in 1880 in a stunning Victorian house, is the one that isn't just banking on its storied reputation. The kitchen has produced New Orleans legen

With his Santa Claus build, his amiable nature, and his obvious passion for his métier, Michel Richard sometimes looks like the happiest chef alive as he leans over a plate at Citronelle holding one of his imaginative, brilliantly executed