When I opened my first restaurant, Daniel, on East 76th Street, I worried about what I was going to put on the walls. The David Findlay Galleries were next door and I decided to start a relationship with the owner, so I borrowed three paintings by ... More

For the past few years, South African Jane Coxwell often doesn't know where she is when she wakes up in the morning. That's because since 2009, she's worked as the personal chef to designer Diane von Furstenberg, and Coxwell spends much of the year on board the Eos, the ... More

Over the weekend at the Savor Craft Beer & Food Festival, the Altman Building in New York, beer enthusiasts sampled several well-conceived pairings of pints and plates, but it was the local (plus a few extremely hard-to-find) craft brews that undoubtedly stole the show. Below, a round up ... More

Foodies, chefs and locals checked out the Rocky Mountain town to savor the best in cuisine and libations at the 31st annual Food & Wine Classic. Here, a few of my favorites from the three-day expo. 1. Michael Voltaggio's egg yolk, golden trout roe and smoked creme fraiche at ... More

To most, especially those who run with a fashionable crowd, the South of France means movies at Cannes, drinks at Le Club 55 and yachts as big and as flashy as any multi-million dollar mansion. To Roxy pro ... More

As Diane von Furstenberg's private chef, Jane Coxwell makes her living engaged in two activities that many of us would do for free: cook and travel. Since 2009, she has spent most of the year on Eos, the luxury yacht owned ... More

Traffic is a given in the Hamptons, where the summer months see an explosion in not only full-time population but also weekend visitors. Luckily there’s Main Street Drivers , James Hirtenstein’s year-old service that pairs experienced East End drivers with your own car to take you ... More

People turn to veganism for a number of reasons, but not usually because it's particularly easy—until Mark Bittman wrote a book about doing it part-time. The New York Times food columnist dodged a health-threatening bullet ... More

With summer fast approaching, restaurateurs in Newport, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are busy opening anticipated new spots or updating menus at old favorites. Here's what travelers to these seaside spots can look forward to this season. NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND Castle Hill Inn & Resort (pictured) Perfect for romantics—or anyone still enjoying ... More

Andrew Carmellini's restaurants are already among the most buzzed-about in town. But for his next project—an as-yet-unnamed French spot at Lafayette and Great Jones streets—Carmellini, of Locanda Verde and The Dutch, isn't worried about staying on trend. "The cool kids aren't opening French ... More