Chefs
As the Twin Cities chef prepares for the launch of his first brick-and-mortar restaurant, he has just one goal in mind: Make his Hmong family proud.
Ashlea Halpern
He changed my life and blazed a trail that I and so many other Indian chefs have followed. The acceptance and legitimacy we all craved and finally gained was because of him.
Meherwan Irani
For a growing group of Chicana cooks, eating meat-free is about reclaiming their roots.
Lesley Téllez
Chef Raymond Li of Miami’s acclaimed Palmar tells his story.
Raymond Li, as told to Clarissa Buch
Zaid Renato Consuegra Sauza got into cooking because he had few options. Now, with his vegan restaurant Pirate’s Bone Burgers, he’s one of the city’s rising stars, and most outspoken advocates for justice for all.
Eric Ginsburg
With her pop-up Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, she’s working to make sambol as common as salsa.
Khushbu Shah
Pierre Thiam used to have to smuggle fonio from West Africa into the U.S. Now he’s getting it into as many of the country's restaurants and grocery stores as he can.
Elazar Sontag
The story behind Aleppo Sweets, a haven for homesick Syrians and one of our 50 nominees for America's best new restaurants
Priya Krishna
The chef and owner behind our No. 2 Best New Restaurant in America, Khao Noodle Shop, shares his story.
Donny Sirisavath, as told to Hilary Cadigan
At Sandwich Hag, Reyna Duong leads a team of people with different abilities, including those with Down syndrome, and she’s paving the way for more restauranteurs to do the same.
Priya Krishna
Chef Jay Foster had two landmark restaurants in the Bay Area. Then, suddenly, they both closed.
Jay Foster, as told to Jesse Sparks
After 12 years in the restaurant industry, chef Katianna Hong is using her leave to explore something totally new.
Katianna Hong
The insular food culture's unofficial ambassador takes us deep into the heart of the Low Country, to meet the home cooks keeping the traditions of their enslaved ancestors alive
Hilary Cadigan
Maricela Vega ran an amazing Mesoamerican pop-up in Atlanta, and now she runs the kitchen at 8ARM.
Hilary Cadigan
Chef Nina Compton remembers her mentor and friend, who died this week at 96.
Nina Compton
Personal narratives can be powerful. They can also be dangerously limiting—depending on who’s doing the telling.
Amanda Shapiro
How Kuniko Yagi went from banker to udon waitress to owning her own restaurant in L.A.
Kuniko Yagi
In his new series ‘Broken Bread,’ the L.A.–based Kogi truck chef explores topics, like sustainability, incarceration, health, and yes, food.
Elyse Inamine
Lecki is trying to get to the root of who she is and where she wants to be.
Priya Krishna
Chef-owner Traci des Jardins explains how she’s choosing to say goodbye to her landmark San Francisco restaurant, Jardinière.
Traci des Jardins, as told to Elyse Inamine
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. If you’ve cooked from the book or watched the show, you love Samin Nosrat. In fact, so many people do, she went to hide out in the desert. That didn’t stop us from tracking her down.
Amanda Shapiro
I mean, just look at them.
Elyse Inamine
When the chefs of Joe Beef in Montreal gave up alcohol, their whole restaurant changed.
David McMillan of Joe Beef