Dr. T’s Secret Spice Rub: An Interview with My Brother

Dr. T’s Secret Spice Rub: An Interview with My Brother

My big brother makes his own 15 ingredient spice rub. It is so good, even airport security thinks it must have drugs in it. They are probably right, the stuff is pretty addictive. To my chagrin, my bro won't give me the recipe, but I manage to pry some answers out of him.

How Professional Eaters Stay Balanced

How Professional Eaters Stay Balanced

When eating is your job, how do you stay balanced? The fabulous wining and dining extraordinaire, Marcia Gagliardi (aka the Tablehopper) tells us how she does it.

Q&A with Chef Masa Takayama

Q&A with Chef Masa Takayama

Chef Masa Takayama talks about Shaboo (his latest venture in Las Vegas), inspirations, fishing trips, a life-changing dish, and love of Oreos + soy milk.

Porchetta Sandwich + Q&A with RoliRoti’s Thomas Odermatt

Porchetta Sandwich + Q&A with RoliRoti’s Thomas Odermatt

A close up of RoliRoti's famous Porchetta Sandwich: perfect, juicy, tender, fatty slices of slow-roasted porchetta layered w/crispy crackling, piled high on an Acme Ciabatta roll with curly cress, sweet onion marmalade, black pepper & coarse sea salt

Dinner and Q&A with Chef Stephanie Izard

Dinner and Q&A with Chef Stephanie Izard

Chef Stephanie Izard cooks up a special dinner with fellow Top Chef alum Chef Jennifer Biesty to promote her new cookbook and raise some money for Share our Strength.

Interview with Chef/Restaurateur Michael Mina

Interview with Chef/Restaurateur Michael Mina

I had the opportunity to sit down with Chef Mina, taste some of his food, and chat about inspirations, techniques you can bring into your own kitchen, great food, and guilty pleasures. Here’s what he had to say…

Q&A with Food & Wine’s Dana Cowin at New Taste of the Upper West Side {NYC}

Q&A with Food & Wine’s Dana Cowin at New Taste of the Upper West Side {NYC}

I had the pleasure of snagging a few moments with Dana Cowin, guest of honor at New Taste. Hear what she had to say about her cravings, highlights from her roving lunch down the East Village, and Food & Wine’s evolution.