CookShelfYesterday the James Beard Foundation released its 2026 semifinalists for its Restaurant and Chefs Awards. The Awards celebrate excellence with national awards such as Best New Restaurant, Outstanding Baker, Outstanding…
Dame Prue Leith announced today that she is leaving the Great British Bake Off. You can read her announcement below, where she said she feels "very lucky to have been a part of [the GBBO]." She took over after Mary…
It is difficult to overstate the amount of influence that Jacques Pépin has had on American cooking. From his work at Howard Johnson in the 1960s to his fabulous PBS shows to his numerous cookbooks to his more recent…
I cannot believe it has been a decade since I went to the 20th anniversary program for The Splendid Table. At that time, Lynne Rossetto Kasper was still hosting the radio broadcast, which debuted in 1995. Kasper…
Milk Street's Christopher Kimball had a Reddit AMA session earlier this week. Kimball solicited questions on his favorite food holiday (Thanksgiving), asking Redditors to "get the conversation (argument) started!" He…
It is messy chocolate week in the tent. The dread cursed week. This was the first year in several where hot weather was not an issue. Signature challenge: Six high decorative edible cups of chocolate mousse which must…
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Alton Brown knows a thing or two about cooking, and he has written several highly-respected cookbooks. He also has strong opinions about the latter, and he recently shared some cookbook wisdom on Instagram. Brown wagers…
And we are back with cake week! I might hurt myself if I do not get this off my chest - the Jurassic Bake opening was tragic. At first blush, I thought Prue Leith was Martin Mull (resurrected) and each bad joke was…
A former media executive for Food52 who managed production of the brand's partnership deals stole a whopping $270,000 USD from the company, according to an exposé published in The Cut. (That article is paywalled but you…
In 2024, Daniel Humm released Eleven Madison Park - The Plant-Based Chapter, which celebrated the transformation of the former World's Best Restaurant, Eleven Madison Park, into the first plant-based kitchen to earn…
Nagi Maehashi, the woman behind the popular blog RecipeTin Eats, spent countless hours perfecting the Beef Wellington recipe published in her first cookbook, Dinner. The recipe has recently gone viral, but not for a…
On Monday, the World's 50 Best announced the top 50 restaurants in the world for 2025 at an event in Turin, Italy on Monday evening. Maido in Lima, Peru was named No. 1, the second time a restaurant from this city…
