Molto Sirio It’s a rare film about haute cuisine that manages to come down to Earth and stir deep emotions, too; Big Night is an easy exception, but there are many more misses than hits in the ouevre. And great documentaries about food are rarer...

Who doesn’t love them? Here’s a gem by my old friend Kristy Athens, which, among other things, explains the range of bacon ordering doneness, from limp to “cook the sh*t out of it.” We used to be in a writing group together, which mainly consisted of...

This week’s New Yorker features an unexpected treat by staff writer Burkhard Bilger. Call it the Barack Obama of beer articles: a ten-page analysis of the craft beer industry—and one of its provocateurs, Sam Calagione, of Dogfish Head Brewery—that...

A positive side effect of the big, bad economic slowdown is a greater focus on value when it comes to wine. Most of us aren’t in the market for first-growth Bordeaux, anyway, right? On the cheap side, anyone can throw down $5 for a flabby syrah at...

Kenny Shopsin’s is a New York Institution; his 900-menu-item eatery, like the man and his city, is at once dauntingly big, brilliant, confusing, big-hearted, hard-edged, and singular. On my first visit, in addition to a sandwich that made me grin...