Wolfgang Zwiener, Waiter Who Built a Steakhouse Empire, Dies at 85
Wolfgang Zwiener, who immigrated to New York City from Germany in 1960, ferried thousands of hissing platters of porterhouse to the oak tables as a waiter at Peter Luger in…
Burger chain celebrates new brand ambassador by giving away breakfast
SAN ANTONIO – Whataburger is offering free honey butter chicken biscuits this week to celebrate the San Antonio-based fast-food chain’s newest brand ambassador. The company announced Grammy award-winning country star…
France, Finally, Wins the World’s Top Food Award Again
French haute cuisine is, officially, the best in the world again. At least, that’s according to the judges of the Bocuse d’Or, a fine-dining competition held every two years. The…
Get a free Whataburger honey butter chicken biscuit Tuesday morning
How to make the perfect burger Yes, there is a correct way to assemble your burger to keep all the ingredients intact. Here’s how to stack to perfect burger. ProblemSolved,…
Asheville’s Restaurants Hit Reset After Hurricane Helene
Earlier this month, Drew Wallace started paying the cooks, bussers and the rest of the 20 or so employees of his restaurant the Bull and Beggar, in Asheville, N.C., for…
As Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Looms, Restaurants’ Undocumented Workers Fear the Worst
As the Trump administration rolls out its changes to the immigration system, fear is surging in the food-service industry as it braces itself for a promised crackdown on unauthorized workers.…
Charles Phan, Whose Slanted Door Elevated Vietnamese Food, Dies at 62
Charles Phan, a self-taught chef whose family fled Vietnam when he was a teenager and whose sleek restaurant helped change America’s perception of Asian food by replacing menus of inexpensive…
André Soltner, Famed Chef at New York’s Lutèce, Dies at 92
For a time, he and James Beard had operated a cooking school on the premises, but now Mr. Surmain envisioned a restaurant that, he proclaimed bombastically, would be the best…
As the Los Angeles Wildfires Continue, Restaurants Rise Up
A few weeks ago, I had dinner at LaSorted’s in Chinatown, eating pizza and drinking wine with my husband while our toddler gnawed at a crust and threw a few…