Anthony Taccetta is wearing a long-sleeved, floral button-down when I meet him, which makes me think of a spring wedding almost immediately–probably in a garden, with pink peonies, chairs on the lawn; waiters in white tuxedos will serve canapés. This may be because Taccetta is one ... More

Baking is a precise science and an art form, but Ron Ben-Israel doesn't think of himself as a scientist or an artist. He's just a baker. He is a baker who is also the executive chef of his own eponymous, by-appointment bakery, and one who was ... More

Sometimes it’s easy to push your fitness and health goals to the back-burner when wedding plans become a reality. When planning for one of the most important days of your life, couples typically want to look and feel their best. The day may come to an end but those ... More

When I meet Mina Newman, executive chef of Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Sen Sakana and in-house caterer at New York City's Edison Ballroom–not to mention the winner of the reality television show Chopped in 2009–she gives me a strong, firm handshake. This is the ... More

To say that entrepreneur Claire Olshan has accomplished a lot in her life would be an understatement. She was 24 years old when she launched her first company, the successful luxury retail space Fivestory, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 2010. Nine years later, with ... More

After dropping out of high school in the 1980s at age 17, Bobby Flay, a punchy New York City kid, landed a job at a restaurant in Midtown, all while lacking the key ingredient to his eventual success: passion. Upon introduction to a myriad of mentors in the burgeoning New ... More

Artist Ai Weiwei’s trio of massive $1 million gold crystal chandeliers shaped like upside-down wedding cakes glisten in the lobby of the Fontainebleau, the famed luxury hotel that time and again has defined Miami Beach. A white marble floor is decorated with black marble bows. Plump fluted columns disappear into ... More

“One of my secrets to success is simple: I work really hard. I know there are no shortcuts, and I’ve carried out my career in that way,” Maria Bartiromo says of her 25-plus years in journalism. “There are a lot of people who can get in front of a camera ... More

With a number of picturesque wineries sprinkled throughout Napa Valley, cultivating a taste for all that wine country has to offer seems easy, right? But why visit a public winery and savor a typical–albeit still spirited–experience, when you could have a carefully curated vino-approved journey that will bring ... More

A modernist might call it vanilla. Nostalgics revere it as the epitome of classic elegance. But a traditional Tiffany setting—the real McCoy, complete with trademark and blue box—was considered a mold-breaking, game-changing design at the time. When it debuted in 1886, the Tiffany setting was a departure from the preferred look ... More