The stars braved the rain last night for the annual Met Gala — the hottest ticket in town held on the first Monday in May inside the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art. As a parade of A-listers sauntered up the paparazzi-packed staircase for all the world to see, a lavish dinner prepared by James Beard…
At his business, Tides Seafood Market and Provision, chef and co-owner Jon Walker works with local vendors to sell the freshest products possible in Safety Harbor, Florida. Behind the stone crab-filled seafood case, he’s turning top-quality seafood, grass-fed beef, and Florida grown vegetables into “damn delicious” dishes in the market’s kitchen. “Having that market-first mentality…
New allegations against former Turkey Leg Hut owner Lynn Price were released on Thursday, May 1, when an FBI agent testifying against Price in a bond hearing said that the agency collected evidence that the restaurant was used to store and sell large quantities of marijuana from out of state, reports the Houston Chronicle. This…
I’m pretty damn picky about the deals I add to cart these days. If I am treating myself to a little something from the sale section of my favorite home decor store, it really has to earn the precious counter (or cabinet) space it will take up in my small Brooklyn apartment; for an excellent…
In the Top Chef episode “Pickle Me This,” which aired on April 17, host Kristen Kish, in power clashing greens, announces that two teams of chefs must go head to head in creating an all-pickle dinner. The five-course meal was to feature different kinds of pickles in every course — not kimchi or achar necessarily,…
A version of this post originally appeared on April 30, 2025, in Eater and Punch’s newsletter Pre Shift, a biweekly newsletter for the industry pro that sources first-person accounts from the bar and restaurant world. This send is the first of a four-part series on restaurant growth, presented by Square. Organize all your orders —…
A few years ago, an Anishinaabe elder named Lucy was showing me the corn she grew in a small plot of land in Southwest Detroit. She pointed out an ear of corn peppered with swollen, irregular grey-purple growths and said she wasn’t sure what it was and why it happened. With excitement, I told her…
Vitamix is one of those powerhouse kitchen appliance brands whose very name — as with Kleenex or The Magic Wand — has become synonymous with its function; if I say “Vitamix,” you think “blender,” and most likely with a Ratatouille-esque synesthesia montage of various fruits and vegetables swirling around its dancing blades. Admittedly, these blenders…
I’ve been on and off with alcohol for the past three years, mainly for health reasons, and partially because I’m not as young as I used to be. But I still say yes to most party invitations and love nothing more than shooting the shit at my neighborhood bar. That means I’ve tried a lot…
Happy Way Day! For the uninitiated, Way Day is an annual blowout sale held by Wayfair, the retail behemoth with a massive and diverse stock of home goods, affordable and design-forward furniture, kitchenwares, and way, way more. Want a giant dog butler statue? Op Art home designer decor? A barrel sauna? They’re all at Wayfair,…
