Grant Achatz

14-Year-Old Flynn McGarry to Cook at BierBeisl

Fourteen-year-old cooking prodigy Flynn McGarry is running his pop-up restaurant Eureka at Bernhard Mairinger's BierBeisl this month. Originally operated out of the McGarry household, Eureka was a monthly supper club that served "progressive American cuisine" inspired by the chefs that McGarry admir ... More >>

Q & A With Professor Amy Rowat: Food and Science at UCLA, Danish Gastro-physical Societies Experimental Cakes

If you've been attending UCLA's Science & Food lectures, which began in April and continue through next month, you'll know who Professor Amy Rowat is. She's the one who put the series together, whose happy task it was to find sand fleas and an old electric blanket for Rene Redzepi and Lars Williams ... More >>

Q & A With Joel Stein: The "Intolerable Foodie" on Organics, Foodie Culture Man Food

Readers of Joel Stein's column in Time Magazine may remember when Stein hobnobbed with the super-rich over bottles of wine valued more than $5,000 each. The night he sampled dishes in the Alinea kitchen inspired by Escoffier's 1903 cookbook. Or the time he gobbled up KFC's Double Down sandwich, made ... More >>

James Beard 2012 Award Winners

The James Beard awards are the food equivalent of the Oscars: prestigious golden whatsits, fancy dress event, silly acceptance speeches, requisite grouching about the whole thing being rigged. Oh, yes, and lots of highly talented people getting much-deserved recognition. This year's awards ceremony ... More >>

The World's 50 Best Restaurants List: Noma, Again (And Again)

Everyone loves a list, particularly a ranked list. We do. David Letterman does. Water companies do. Thus S. Pellegrino has just announced their list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants. For the third consecutive year, Noma in Copenhagen comes in at the number one spot. (Congratulations to Rene Redzep ... More >>

Sushi Restaurants in Los Angeles: Top 10

10 Best Sushi Restaurants in Los Angeles

Does Los Angeles boast the best sushi in the entire country? If even Ferran Adriá is on our side, we can probably feel confident it's true. The factors that allow our city to be blessed with such a ridiculous bounty are fairly apparent: proximity to superior fish markets, a healthy roster of mast ... More >>

2012 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees Announced: The Mozza Edition

Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced its 2012 nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. It is a very long list. There were also awards given for lifetime achievement (Wolfgang Puck!) and humanitarian of the year (Charlie Tr ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Guac Bowl 2012 Winners Announced

The most brutal sporting event this past weekend wasn't the Super Bowl (suck it, Pats), the Lingerie Bowl (sexy won; dignity lost), the Puppy Bowl (they're all winners) or even the Wing Bowl (again, dignity lost but go Kobayashi!). It was the Guac Bowl, an annual ode to the creative challenges of sc ... More >>

SnoBar: Boozy Popsicles = Cocktail of the Future?

SnoBar's Cosmopolitan and Margarita popsicles.​Is the cocktail of the 21st Century destined to be frozen? SnoBar (and every sorority ever and possibly Grant Achatz) hope so. The company (no relation to the SnoBar froyo shop in West Hollywood) rolls out its line of boozy, cocktail-themed popsic ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Le Comptoir

Chef Gary Menes' latest appears, for a bit, at downtown's Tiara

Food News Roundup: Bug Food Truck, Homemade Halloween Treats Grant Achatz' Chocolate Video

SF Weekly/Joseph Schellscorpions in a saute pan​ SF Weekly: San Francisco chefs are getting on the bugs-as-food bandwagon. Literally. Don Bugito food truck to launch soon. Food52: 8 Homemade Halloween Treats. Martini recipe included. Food Safety News: Alaska senators want to ban genetically ... More >>

Victorian Kitchen from the 1830s Uncovered in U.K.

Daily Mail / Cascade NewsThe preserved Victorian stove is just one piece in a huge kitchen hidden for decades in the basement.​ To all those who own estates in North Wales, try rummaging through your basement. You might find a perfectly intact Victorian kitchen from the 1830's, complete with a ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

The World's 50 Best Restaurants List: Noma, Again

Noma​Everyone loves a list, particularly a ranked list. We do. David Letterman does. Water companies do. Thus S. Pellegrino has just announced their list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants. For the second year in a row, Noma in Copenhagen comes in at the number one spot. (Two years ago it was ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/21-2/25

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Floss when you get home - those antennae can be tenacious." Ask Mr. Gold: Where to Eat Bugs in L.A. "Why a band known for mixing coke and heroin might worry about a little inter-berry mingling is ... More >>

Staff Meals: 10 L.A. Chefs/Restaurateurs Recall the Best and Worst

Picasa user KeithChefs eating​"I never had a bad staff meal," said former Palihouse chef Gary Menes. "I'm very grateful for all the chefs I've worked for. They don't have to do it. It's not mandated by law that they have to feed us, or the waiters. That's their generosity, and I humbly accept ... More >>

7 Ways to Make Recipes Work

Flickr/mollyali​ If you've ever spent hours in the kitchen, your cookbooks open or -- more likely these days -- your recipe printed out from an online source, only to find that your dishes do not turn out exactly how you'd expected, keep reading. That maxim not to believe everything you read a ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

Food Truck Friday: Bacon-mania at Get Your Lardon

It was inevitable, this shotgun wedding of the two hottest culinary trends of the last few years: food trucks and bacon. Even in the current cultural moment, when gluttony has practically become its own cuisine, the launch of the Get Your Lardon truck in September might give one pause. Even exces ... More >>

The Feast's Top 20 Most "Liked" Chefs on Facebook: Y'all May Be Not Agree With #1

The FeastMichael Symon, the #5 most "Liked" chef on Facebook​Do you think Michael Symon is sneering at Mario Batali across Kitchen Stadium right now, mocking him for having an inferior number of "Likes" on Facebook? We can almost hear Symon's Nelson-esque "hah-hah" from here. "Only 23,000-some ... More >>

The Daily Meal's 50 Most Powerful People in Food

Listmania continues (David Letterman's cultural legacy, perhaps, along with Velcro suits) but this time The Daily Meal has come up with something more compelling than a list of Top 10 Cupcakes. Theirs? America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food. It's a good list, as it would be: The Daily Meal is h ... More >>

Tron High Tea: What Would A Computer Program Eat?

What a do a cheeseburger and onion rings have in common with a malicious computer? After trying the limited-time Tron-themed menu at Royal/T, I still don't know. I also don't care. Like a desperate fashionista willing to pay more for a plain t-shirt with a designer label, slap the word "Tron" onto ... More >>

Last Night: Dinner with Grant Achatz, Courses 1-8

Guzzle & NoshGrant Achatz lectures about his cooking techniques.​ Frozen and chewy. Hot and cold. Chef Grant Achatz is a master of surprise when it comes to the juxtaposition of unexpected flavors, textures and scents. At his acclaimed Chicago restaurant Alinea, it's nearly always omakase, a ... More >>

Last Night: Dinner with Grant Achatz, Dessert

After eight surreal courses and their equally inventive cocktails, I wasn't sure how, or even if, chef Grant Achatz could top himself with dessert. It turns out the dessert was his pièce de résistance, the most elaborate and interactive dish of the evening -- and the most fun since we got to wat ... More >>

Grant Achatz Previews Edible Cocktails for Upcoming Chicago Bar

Instead of sipping a gin and tonic, why not down it as a powder, a custard or a gel? At a Grant Achatz lecture, followed by dinner and a 50-foot-long dessert that could have doubled as a Slip 'N Slide, the Chicago chef revealed some of his techniques for creating the edible cocktails he plans to ... More >>

Q & A with Najat Kaanache: Apprentice to the World's Best Chefs

Najat Kaanache in Alinea's Kitchen​ Spanish-born Najat Kaanache, 32, is a woman on a mission to learn from the best chefs in the world. In just two years, Kaanache has apprenticed with chefs Grant Achatz at Alinea in Chicago, Thomas Keller at French Laundry in Yountville, and René Redzepi at ... More >>

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- The 50 worst restaurants in the world. The fiction edition. [Chicago Tribune] -- How Alinea's Grant Achatz lost and found his sense of taste. [CNN] -- 10 Pepsi flavors you can't get in this count ... More >>

2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated

James Beard​Twitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Kitchen Toys: The Anti-Griddle

eBayThe Anti-Griddle: better than plastic​You know the Top Chef sets were seriously outfitted for the Top Chef Masters shows. You don't turn that crowd loose in a kitchen and not give them the good stuff. Mark Peel, Campanile chef-owner and recent Top Chef Masters alum, says that in addition t ... More >>

Time Magazine: The Food Crisis in America

Time magazine's new issue covers the food crisis in America: Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food. "Unless Americans radically rethink the way they grow and consume food," writes Bryan Walsh, "they face a future of eroded farmland, hollowed-out countryside, scarier germs, higher health co ... More >>

Ludo Bites at Breadbar

Ludovic Lefebvre Brings Post-Molecular Gastronomy to Third Street

The Year in Reading Food

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