Best thing I ate: A last hurrah of foie gras at the greatest sushi bar in Orange County

I had my first real piece of foie gras as everyone usually does: at a French restaurant, seared and served with fruit to cut through the inherent richness. In celebration of one of those birthdays that ended in a zero, I paid a premium for it at...

A co-worker came up to me late yesterday all excited. “Tonight's the night!” he said, practically jumping up and down. Puzzled, I asked what the hell he was talking about. After some playful ribbing where he questioned my food guy street cred for...

No matter where you stand on the issue of foie gras–whether you believe some chefs who think that government should not dictate what we can and cannot eat, or you're on the side of the activists who think gavage, the process of force-feeding birds...

Okay, so maybe now — just days after the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared we are eyebrow-deep in recession — isn't the best time to talk about a $75 per person Christmas Eve feast at the ritziest of French restaurants,...

Ikko Kobayashi has been called a sushi magician, but I regard the man as a mad scientist, grafting disparate ingredients into creations that come alive in your mouth. Whatever you do, do not ask for soy sauce or wasabi—his experiments are already...