Jennifer SauerChef Jeremy FoxThe James Beard Awards (popularly known as the Oscars of the
food world) will be awarded Monday, May 4. This year all five chefs nominated
for the category of Best Chef: Pacific - an area that covers California and
Hawaii -- come from the Bay Area: Jeremy Fox of Ubuntu i ... More >>
C. NewtonChad Newton: Wants Gordon to keep yelling.Growing up in Mountain View, Chad Newton got a taste of restaurant glory via family trips to Stars, Jeremiah Tower's watershed Cali brasserie. "I used to always gravitate toward the regular menu, not the kid's menu," Newton said. He graduated ... More >>
Before he was a pizzaiolo, Darsky scouted talent for the KC Royals.Go ahead, call Jon Darsky a pizzaiolo, though the Flour Water pizza maker really prefers "dough guy" instead. Since opening last May in the Mission (2401 Harrison at 20th St.), the restaurant has stayed smoking hot, and Dars ... More >>
Kiino, working the Cane Rosso lunch line.We confess: We have no clue what the hell environmental geologists do. But if studying to be one means you walk away with an acute understanding of stuff like terroir, and how foods grow, then it was the perfect education for Lauren Kiino. The 37-year- ... More >>
Andrew CrowleyBrit celeb chef Heston Blumenthal's restaurant allegedly poisoned 500 people in 2009.​Murders! Poisonings! Runaway grooms! The year in celebrity food gossip reads like a script for The Young and the Restless. Behold these crazy eight moments: 8. A household name in his native UK, che ... More >>
Leslie Kelly/seriouseats.comAt Seattle's casting call, not everyone got the memo.Think you have what it takes to become the Adam Lambert of the amateur chef scene? The Gordon Ramsay reality show MasterChef is holding casting calls at Sur La Table in Union Square Sunday. MasterChef bills itsel ... More >>
Leslie Kelly/seriouseats.comAt Seattle's casting call, not everyone got the memo.Think you have what it takes to become the Adam Lambert of the amateur chef scene? The Gordon Ramsay reality show MasterChef is holding casting calls at Sur La Table in Union Square Sunday. MasterChef bills itsel ... More >>
An unpublished study shows the surprisingly lethal effects of the Cosco Busan oil spill. Why are government scientists helping the ship's owner keep it a secret?