If Edward Hopper had been in a better mood when he painted Nighthawks, his famously desolate scene of a diner, the piece might have ended up... More >>

In a dining room, there's always a hierarchy. Your average eater is not going to get the same treatment as, say, Adam Platt, Christine Quinn, the... More >>

Around midnight at the Standard Grill, the dinner theater picks up steam. Everywhere we look, bare legs loom, a redwood forest of them in short... More >>

Although food critics' anonymity seems to be disappearing faster than bluefin tuna, there are some real advantages to being incognito—or,... More >>

It was a great surprise when, in 2004, The New York Times transferred Frank Bruni from his job as the paper's Rome bureau chief to the paper's... More >>

Gino Cammarata talks to himself while he shops. Sniffing an orange, peering at bottles of olive oil, he mutters unhappily in Italian, remembering... More >>

"It tastes like a fast-food hamburger," said my companion, as he opened wide to accommodate the sesame-seeded roll. He meant it in the best... More >>

'If someone made this for me in their toaster oven, I'd be happy," remarked one of our party, as we peered down at a plate of flabby flatbreads... More >>

For a long time, I thought cupcakes would eventually go away. Like the Atkins diet and elaborately molded stacks of tuna tartare, the precious... More >>

Chef Michael "Bao" Huynh does not let the opportunity for a pun pass him by. He dubbed his new chain of banh mi joints "Baoguette," a play on... More >>