Profiles

    French Mother Sauces

    The Mothers of All French Sauces

    By SHANE MITCHELL
    Alexia Duchêne

    The 26-Year-Old Chef Leading a New Wave of French Cuisine

    By ALEXANDER LOBRANO
    James eating a clam.

    The Boy Who Ate the World

    By KATHLEEN BRENNAN
    Lulu's kitchen

    Lulu Peyraud, the Cooking Queen of Provence

    By DAVID TANIS
    Food illustrations Jeff Segundo

    This Portraiture Is in Good Taste

    By CATHERINE TILLMAN WHALEN
    The Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory lies on one-block-long Ross Alley in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

    A Fortunate Position at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

    By ANNA HIRSCHORN
    New York’s Rock Hill Bakehouse & Cafe gives away 750 loaves of fresh bread every week using a no-questions-asked Community Bread Rack.

    He Used to Bake Bread for 3-Star Restaurants. Now He’s Feeding His Neighbors for Free

    By SHANE MITCHELL
    Neapolitan-style pizza

    Mastering the Art of Neapolitan-Style Pizza

    By STEPHANIE BURT
    Graciela Martínez at her favorite lunch counter in Asunción’s sprawling Mercado Municipal Cuatro.

    Lunch with a Paraguayan National Treasure

    By NICHOLAS GILL
    Peruvian chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino speaks with a vendor at the Mercado de Belén in the Amazonian city of Iquitos.

    How One Peruvian Chef Is Preserving Amazonian Food Traditions

    By NICHOLAS GILL
    Petra “Petee” Paredez is the head baker and co-owner of Manhattan’s famed Petee’s Pie Company.

    Pie for Everyone

    By ELLEN GRAY
    ‘Falastin’: Equal Parts Cookbook and Conversation Starter

    ‘Falastin’: Equal Parts Cookbook and Conversation Starter

    By BENJAMIN KEMPER
    Lane Harlan and Carlos Raba

    The Most Interesting Woman in the Restaurant Business…

    By CATHERINE TILLMAN WHALEN
    Molly O'Neill in her living room

    The Mentor We Miss Most: Molly O’Neill

    By ELLEN GRAY
    The bakery’s owner, Norman Jean Roy, in a rare moment of repose.

    The Celebrity Photographer Who Put Down His Camera To Bake For His Community

    By ELLA QUITTNER
    Fanny Singer relaxes in grass with mom Alice Waters at the family home in Berkeley, California.

    ‘A Simple Green Salad’: Fanny Singer’s Litmus Test for a Good Restaurant

    By ERIC KIM
    Diana Kennedy, pictured here at her ranch in western Mexico.

    What Diana Kennedy Taught Us About Appreciation vs. Appropriation

    By SHANE MITCHELL
    Chef Patrick O’Connell is leaning into his love of theater with his mid-century garbed mannequins and Marilyn Monroe face masks to help keep diners safe and comfortable at his Virgina restaurant.

    Leave It to That Eccentric Genius Chef Patrick O’Connell to Serve Up Surprise and Delight Just When We Need It Most

    By ELLA QUITTNER
    Houston Chef Chris Shepherd

    Houston Chef Chris Shepherd Is Helping Restaurant Workers Survive the Coronavirus Crisis—But He’s Worried About His Industry After The Pandemic

    By ANNA HIRSCHORN
    Chef Carmellini is the chef-owner of Locanda Verde, The Dutch, Lafayette, Leuca, and Bar Primi, and he’s also the author of the cookbooks Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food and American Flavor.

    Chef Andrew Carmellini on Missing Kitchen Life in Pandemic America

    By ANDREW CARMELLINI

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