Announcing a New Book that Will Revisit the Golden Age of the 1970s and 1980s
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Feeding Frenzy
The New York Times Ghostwriting Saga Just Won’t End
Worth A Thousand Words
A memorable photograph of Paul Liebrandt and Andrew Friedman at De Gustibus.
The Toqueland Ten: David Burke (David Burke Group)
The Restlessly Inventive Chef Tells Us His Ten Favorite Ingredients and Why He Chose Them
Toqueland’s New Toy
Hi, everybody, Frequent visitors to this site will notice that something has changed. No, we didn’t get our hair done.…
Toqueland Contributor Percy Whatley Wins ACF Western Region Chef of the Year
A big congratulations to The Ahwahnee’s Percy Whatley, who nabbed the American Culinary Federation‘s Western Region Chef of the Year…
Friends and Family: David Waltuck is Back in the Game
An inside look at the restaurant equivalent of a dress rehearsal at Clyde Frazier’s Wine and Dine.
The Writing Life: The Down Payment
Paul Liebrandt and I spent a year working on a book proposal. Why it was worth the time and effort.
Jeremiah Tower: The Toqueland Interview (Part 2)
The Living Legend Reflects on the Meaning of California Cuisine, Los Angeles versus San Francisco, and Early Encounters with Fellow Luminaries
Jeremiah Tower: The Toqueland Interview (Part 1)
The Living Legend on the Perils of Celebrity, What Twitter Did to His Heart Rate, and “The Barrier”
The Ultimate Question
My Last Supper’s Melanie Dunea on Photographing Chefs and What Their Food Choices Reveal About Them
Per Se’s Eli Kaimeh: The Toqueland Interview
The Chef de Cuisine of Thomas Keller’s New York City Fine Dining Temple on New York vs Napa, the Value of a Centrifuge Machine, and the Moment He Got “The News”