Restaurants

Move over challah and brioche. The French toasts capturing our imaginations these days are all about the most decadent pastries in the basket.

How did New Jersey earn its status as the diner capital of the world?

New Orleans has an unparalleled reputation for fine dining and rich, deep-fried flavors.

For Brooks Headley, the crush of dinner service (and a Leonard Maltin movie guide) can lead to greatness.

There’s nothing old-fashioned about today’s throwback ice cream parlors, where sprinkles make way for Aleppo pecans, floats get a splash of house-made lemongrass soda, and that cherry on top is pickled.

LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and his team just opened a new wine bar in New York. We take a magnifying glass to all the design details that set the mood. And yes, there will be music.

Crack the code to the most rocking meal in town.

Ever gotten back from a late night out and thought, man, I'm craving something meaty, cheesy, and downright decadent? Meet the chili cheese dog of your late-night dreams.

29 ways to travel, get lost, and get fed.

Artisanal sake, all-you-can-drink sushi, and $4 gin-and-tonics in a postwar-inspired jazz bar: this is what you should be drinking in Tokyo right now.

Forget tourist traps—here's why you should rent a motorcycle and set off on a trip through the mountains of northern Thailand.

Never schlep a sheep, and other essential etiquette for the globe-trotting gourmand.

There is pasta, and there is this pasta.

Here’s how a few essentials keep restaurant and drinks editor Andrew Knowlton sane and comfortable during his frequent travels.

Forget overpriced coffee and plastic-wrapped muffins, these museum restaurants are so good, we won’t judge if you skip the art entirely.

What it's like to travel from New Orleans to Chicago in a vintage 1950s Pullman railcar.

Let's just say if Alice Waters went to cooking school, she'd go to Ballymaloe.

Hop a ferry to your dream lunch in Italy's San Fruttuoso.

Where to find Atlanta's best dim sum, tacos, and pho.

Eat, drink, and garden your heart out at Babylonstoren, one of the great food lover's vacations in the world right now.