french dining

The biggest trend at NY eateries? Erasing the stigma of 'early bird' dining

"[Diners are] reserving as early as 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. is a hot time," said one restaurateur.

Forget turducken: NYC is going crazy for the golden Chobster

Daniel Boulud and Co. have merged the chicken and the lobster into one over-the-top dish.

Teen chef whips up duck confit for fancy NYC benefit dinner for kids with cancer: 'Proud to be helping'

Upper East Side high schooler Joshua Small, 14, served as the executive chef of his "Youth to Youth" charity dinner at East Harlem's Tastings NYC restaurant Saturday, April 27. The...

Cronut creator Dominique Ansel has come up with the craziest bagel ever

Cronut creator Dominique Ansel has teamed up with SoHo's PopUp Bagels to offer one shell of a take on a bagel and cream cheese.  This weekend only, Dominique Ansel Bakery...

This buzzy new restaurant has 10 rules for diners — including a ban on bathroom selfies and pretending it's your birthday

Frog Club has issued a strict edict for modern dining — and it includes not kissing the West Village, Manhattan, venue's chef without paying $1,000.

Shed no tears for La Grenouille — it’s a tacky part-time cabaret in a funeral parlor setting

In recent years, the average customer age was deceased.

Cafe Boulud — a Martha Stewart favorite — is better than ever in its new reincarnation

It’s the best news north of Bloomingdale’s since the opening of the 100-years-late Q train.

NYC's best new restaurant is a 186-year-old steakhouse

Hope you're hungry for a ribeye and a Caesar salad.

The 25 most exciting new restaurants to hit NYC this fall

Check out the eats of the moment.

NYC gets small taste of victory in legal fight with state over foie gras ban

An Albany judge found earlier this month that state regulators failed to properly study the city's 2019 ban on the fatty duck liver delicacy before putting a halt to the...

The best soup for your zodiac sign, according to an astrologer

Humans have been slurping soup and staring at the stars since the Stone Age, my babies. In appreciation for the long, storied history of broth, bones, bowls and boiling we...

Foie gras fight: NYC sues to enforce local law banning French delicacy

The city is fighting back against a state decision trashing its planned foie gras ban, dismissing the famed delicacy as a high-end dish which inevitably leaves animals suffering.

New York City's coming foie gras ban nixed: 'Best news we could have gotten'

The state Department of Agriculture and Markets decided Thursday the city's foie gras ban would have interfered with the business of the farms, a violation of state law.

This stew is so obsession-worthy, someone wrote a book about it

“Cassoulet Confessions” is the first food memoir from Bigar, a French-Swiss journalist who also penned a cookbook, “Daniel” with top French chef Daniel Boulud

NYC judge's foie gras decision delights upstate farm: 'This is fantastic for us'

A Manhattan judge de-liver-ed for some Big Apple restaurants this week, halting the city's upcoming ban on foie gras sales.

Mini croissant cereal sells for $50 a box in Brooklyn — but is the 'Marie Antoinette'-style breakfast worth it?

While fans say the cereal's steep price tag is warranted, others have scoffed at how expensive it is. 

Balthazar in Midtown? Le Rock brings downtown cool to Rock Center

Le Rock makes Rockefeller Center rock — and roar — again.