Food! Glorious Food!

How Jean-Georges Vongerichten Went From ‘No Good’ Kid to 4-Star Chef


The globally prolific chef started out as a small-town truant and troublemaker. Then he got to work.
By ALAN RICHMAN

Current Job: Award-Winning Chef. Education: University of IHOP.

The nation’s chain restaurants don’t reap much critical praise, but many high-end chefs say they got a priceless, practical education there.
By Priya Krishna

A GOOD APPETITE

A Roast Chicken With Even More Crispy Bits

You can rub your bird down with salt, or you can try Melissa Clark’s latest trick for an exterior that crackles like a potato chip.


Don’t forget the pan drippings here: They’re a bright, lemony counterpoint to the tender meat.
By Melissa Clark

Dumpling Flavor, Stripped Down to Its Essence


Alison Roman takes Russian pelmeni, and turns them into a creamy, meaty-without-meat bowl.
By ALISON ROMAN

EAT

Chinese Roast Pork on Garlic Bread: What More Could You Want?


One of the great New York sandwiches, courtesy of China, Italy and the Catskills.
By SAM SIFTON

Put These Recipes on Repeat

A sheet-pan chicken and potatoes, a spicy slow-roasted salmon, red curry lentils: You’ll want to make these again and again.
By EMILY WEINSTEIN

The Cookbooks You Need for 2020, as Selected by Chefs

The authors Alison Roman, Niki Segnit, Diana Henry and more share the volumes they’ll be returning to again and again this year.
By MARIAN BULL

Anthony Bourdain’s final book to be published this year

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide, which the late chef and television host was working on when he died, is due out in October


‘Reflections and insights’ … Anthony Bourdain in 2005.

FRONT BURNER

Fondue Is Just the Beginning


This tome, from Meredith Erickson, an author of the Joe Beef cookbook, highlights the best of the Alps.
By Florence Fabricant

FRONT BURNER

These Godiva Chocolates Are Meant for Home Cooks


The candymaker has released a new line of chocolates designed for home kitchens.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Among the Sober and ‘Sober Curious’? Your Bartender

As interest in Dry January and sobriety rises, and as social media opens up new conversations, the bar business has begun to evolve.
By Becky Hughes

Gladys Bourdain, Who Helped Her Son Reach an Audience, Dies at 85


A Times copy editor, she kick-started Anthony Bourdain’s career when she helped him get a tell-all article about the restaurant world published in The New Yorker.
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK

Georges Duboeuf, Creator of the Beaujolais Nouveau Craze, Dies at 86

He almost single-handedly started the rush for the first wines of the Beaujolais harvest.


Georges Duboeuf in 1985. He helped turn the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau into a worldwide phenomenon.
By Eric Asimov