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Ming Tsai thought heard it wrong. "They can't really be calling my name" he remembers saying to himself. Or maybe he even said it out loud. You see, an out-of-body […]

What do Charlie Trotter's white-tablecloth restaurant and the White Castle burger chain have in common? No, the celebrated Chicago chef isn't putting Slyders on his menu. Both operators are taking [...]

Concerns about food safety and customers' growing desire for premium ingredients are prompting more restaurants to pepper their menus with place-of-origin information about a wide range of ingredients. Menus at [...]

SAN FRANCISCO Tasty Tweet-Up A foodie revolution is taking place in San Fran, and this time, Michael Mina and Hubert Keller don't have their names on it. When the economy [...]

NEW YORK-This year, fans of Wolfgang Puck's cooking can buy his cookware over at Sam's Club, where an 18-piece set can be had for $98.84. Rather eat at Ming's place? [...]

The British are a nation of sweet tooths, consuming more than 300,000 tonnes of packet sugar every year. And when we think of sugar, the name Tate & Lyle immediately [...]

Chefs trained by the French culinary authority Le Cordon Bleu will preside over the "Signatures" restaurant on Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC)'s 700-passenger Seven Seas Mariner when it debuts in […]

Thad Kittrell, executive chef of 55 Restaurant Group's casual French restaurant Voila, is taking reservations for cooking classes. A graduate of the New England Culinary Institute, Kittrell's resume includes a [...]

When Wolfgang Puck opened a Spago in the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace in 1992, it was considered a gamble. The restaurant's overwhelming payoff instead helped transform Las Vegas' -- […]

Spark flavors, textures and colors with the freshness of salsas. Contrast makes the meal, and a dab of salsa can add that special dash of excitement to just about any [...]

Kevin Taylor has spent more than half his life sharpening his culinary skills, taking his first restaurant job at age 15. Now, 22 years later, Taylor operates five restaurants in [...]

UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF. -- Where do you place a 1,028-pound chocolate truffle? If you are the ambitious and enterprising Sherry Yard, pastry chef at Spago Beverly Hills, you roll it [...]

Joseph Antonishek credits working with celebrity chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Bobby Flay with teaching him the power and subtleties of spice. But Antonishek, executive chef at L'Hermitage in Beverly Hills, [...]

Ever since Anthony Bourdain showed that sometimes-dangerous destinations combined with exotic foods could be an Emmy-winning combination, nets have been eager to let chefs guide auds on adventurous journeys. The [...]

Cooks give boost to Colorado-grown foods Colorado's agricultural industries are getting a promotional boost from the state's top chefs. With culinary creations like Bean Crepes Suzette, Ostrich Fillet Kalahari and [...]

On Sept. 21, six San Diego County executive chefs will take part in the American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts programs in Napa. They are letting our neighbors [...]

Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson is creating a database of organic food enthusiasts on the back of his new range of soups, goats milk yoghurts and cakes. Thompson, who regularly [...]

'STAR' CHEFS Restaurateurs hired to make endorsements An increasing number of prominent chefs are stepping out of the kitchen and into the spotlights to parlay their expertise into high-profile television, [...]

Rich Gore was channel surfing on a Saturday morning in 1995 when he had an epiphany. 'I saw all these television cooking shows and chefs as I flipped from station [...]

LYON, France -- It's not Love Potion No. 9, but a chef here in the French Alps may have created a dish that will cure ailing French lovers or, at [...]

Wolfgang Puck prepares the meals Hollywood movie stars and moguls love to eat. Now, with his business-savvy wife, this happy-go-lucky chef is building a multiproduct line for the masses to […]

Owners, chefs try to forge brand names with retail shops, related businesses Ask Pino Luongo about Tuscany and he drifts into a well-rehearsed discourse on the wonders of the countryside, [...]

The kitchens in New Orleans restaurants were organized on communal rather than hierarchal lines. But the 90-year-old Galatoire has appointed Milton Prudence as its designated chef. This is a good marketing move. Restaurants often associate themselves with promotionals for a popular chef.

How to make the most of playing host to visiting chefs. Hosting a guest chef can be a smart marketing move for all involved. The guest chef gains a new [...]

CHEF TRADING CARDS MAKE A PLAY FOR CULINARY HALL OF FAME Forget the cookbook. Forget the line of signature pasta sauces or your favorite cooking show on cable TV. The [...]

Dean Fearing hits the trail to promote new cookbook Dean Fearing, executive chef at Dallas' highly praised Mansion on Turtle Creek restaurant and hotel, has not let fame distract him [...]