Always in search of exceptional lifestyle trends in and around New York, Haley Binn—wife, mother of three and DuJour’s Director of Editorial Operations—takes you below the brim. She promises you won’t leave empty-handed. (Here, receive a 10% discount on your Sakara Life order. Details below.)   As we enjoy the ... More

  Quality Italian 57 West 57th Streetqualityitalian.com Restaurateur Michael Stillman has opened his first offshoot of the Quality Meats steakhouse brand, Quality Italian, serving chef Scott Tacinelli's signature dishes (cream-spinach carbonara, octopus saltimbocca and dry-aged porterhouse agnolotti). "You get a sense of the old world mixing with more ... More

To the joy of New York's omakase diners, an 11-year mentee of Tokyo's Jiro Ono—yes, the Jiro of the beautifully shot documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi—is the chef behind the bar at Sushi Nakazawa, opening August 19th. Daisuke Nakazawa was senior apprentice to the 85-year-old sushi master, ... More

A fresh lobster roll is a quintessential part of the classic American summer. The dish conjures up images of sun-drenched seaside restaurants, maybe on Cape Cod, in Montauk or along the rocky coast of Maine. This is part of what makes the dish so special to Tae ... More

New Yorkers taking a trip across the pond to celebrate the arrival of the royal baby might recognize more than they think, thanks to a recent American invasion: A Rat Pack's worth of bold U.S. brands are bringing a blitz of Vegas-style glitz and glam to the refined London landscape ... More

The hit USA series Suits—coming back for a third season on July 16—might have put actress Meghan Markle, who plays Rachel Zane, in the spotlight, but it also took her out of her element. Markle, a Los Angeles native, spends eight months a year shooting Suits in Toronto. Considering that her ... More

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 11, and I have a name to submit to the list of nominees: Frederic Bau. Bau is a pastry chef and director of the Ecole du Grand Chocolat, the Valrhona Chocolate School (why oh why didn't I go there ... More

Paul Liebrandt's Corton is easily one of Manhattan's toniest restaurants. The Tribeca eatery earned two Michelin stars for its $155-per-person tasting menu and is consistently spoken of as one of the hottest tickets in town. It is, needless to say, a very fancy place. So tongues have been ... More

One rarely drinks champagne alone. Whether that’s because of the sparkling wine’s still-strong reputation as a celebratory beverage, or more a matter of practical considerations—those little bubbles only last so long—it’s unusual, for most people, to pop a bottle sans amis. So the situation in Hautvillers, the tiny village on ... More

Many people claim that Rhode Island is where the American summer vacation was born, and as a native, I believe them. Of course, with its sprawling mansions and moneyed extravagance, Newport usually gets most of the attention in the warm weather months. But locals know that the state’s sleepier South ... More