Notes on the Week in Toqueland (January 27 – February 2)
Toqueland
The Toqueland Interview: Jesse Cool
The Menlo Park Icon on the Role of Hippies; Knowing How the Grapes are Grown; What’s In a Name; and “Cooker People”
Clocking Out: Chefs Crash the Oscars; Critical Limits?; Au Revoir, Monsieur Paul
Notes on the Week in Toqueland: Thoughts on the Oscar-Nominated Documentary Knife Skills, more eulogies for Paul Bocuse, and Restaurant Criticism Amid The Reckoning
Ruminations: A Tale of Two Chefs
Thoughts on Cooking and Immortality As We Say Goodbye to Paul Bocuse, and Remember Michael Roberts
Dispatches: The Other Side of Charity
A Chefs Deliver Run with Citymeals on Wheels Reveals the Stories Behind the Benefits
Talking Shop: Emma Bengtsson (Aquavit, New York City)
Aquavit’s Executive Chef on Why She Came to New York, the Value of Collaboration, How She Spends Her Sundays, and the Topic that Won’t Go Away
Talking Shop: Kevin Sbraga (Philadelphia, PA; Jacksonville, FL)
The Story Behind Philly Chef (and onetime Top Chef champ) Kevin Sbraga’s New Jacksonville, Florida, Restaurant Sbraga & Company
Elise Kornack: The Toqueland Interview
The Chef of Take Root on Time Away, the Intersection of Art and Cooking, and Forging Her Own Path
Talking Shop: Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske (Contra and Wildair, NYC)
Two of New York City’s Rising Chefs on Pushing Themselves, Young Success, Kitchen Collaboration, and Restaurant Lifespans
Ruminations: Fine and Dandy
Chef Gabriel Kreuther Has Been Thrust into the Role of Traditional Fine Dining’s Savior. His Thoughts on What That Means and Where It’s Headed.
TALKING SHOP: Jonathan Wu (Fung Tu, New York City)
The Surprisingly Dense, Intensely Personal Backstory Behind the Menu at Fung Tu
George Mendes: The Toqueland Interview
The Chef of Aldea and Lupulo on Finding Himself on the Plate, Maintaining Standards, and “Fast Forward” Cooking