Tinfoil Swans

Meherwan Irani and the Shocking Mozzarella

Meherwan Irani used to skip school for street food. Now the chef behind the James Beard Award-winning Chai Pani, Spicewalla founder, and No. 1 Best Indian Cookbook in the

Norma Listman, Saqib Keval, and the Magazines in the Bathroom

Saqib Keval signed a promise not to date his collaborators. Norma Listman had other plans. The now-married chefs behind Mexico City’s Masala y Maíz share their love story

Eric Ripert and the Beauty of Wrinkles

Eric Ripert was throwing plates and losing staff when he realized the problem in his kitchen was him. The Le Bernardin chef and author of Mindful Cooking opens up about b

Ming-Na Wen and the Scent of Midnight Steak

Ming-Na Wen plays indelible characters in the worlds of Marvel, Disney, and "Star Wars," but movie and TV stardom never got her out of clearing tables at her family's res

Danny Meyer and the Chocolate Chip Cookie Personality Test

The teenager who had a weed plant on his night table, and was waitlisted at his safety school probably wouldn’t recognize the beloved international restaurateur and bests

Hasan Minhaj and the Struggle to Sit Still

As a kid growing up in suburban California in the Lunchables generation, Peabody Award-winning comedian and director Hasan Minhaj dismissed the rajma chawal and dahi chaw

Telly Justice and the No-Talent Child

Before Telly Justice became a Food & Wine Best New Chef and co-owner of HAGS, she played drums in a self-described "terrible grunge band" called Skaz at all-ages shows wh

Malachy Duffy, Erika Adams, and the Secret History of Best New Chefs

How did Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs go from an idea sparked by a chance lunch to one of the culinary world’s greatest honors? The award’s creator, former Food & Wine edi

Hunter Lewis, Erika Adams, and the Road to the 2026 Best New Chefs

Food & Wine editor in chief Hunter Lewis, restaurant editor Erika Adams, and executive features editor Kat Kinsman go behind the scenes of the search for the 2026 Best Ne

Lane Regan and the Beaver Sabotage

Chef and writer Lane Regan left Chicago for the remote woods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and built a life beyond their wildest dreams. They joined Tinfoil Swans for a

Nina Compton and the Moldy Plum

Nina Compton grew up in Saint Lucia marking time by fruit seasons, dreaming of becoming a chef, and learning to cook alongside her mother and grandmother. The Top Chef fa

Alex Stupak and the David Lynch Cheeseburger

Alex Stupak has built a career by questioning what food can and should be. The Empellón chef and restaurateur and 2013 Food & Wine Best New Chef talks about rebellion as

Tiffanie Barriere and the Extra-Fancy Kool-Aid

Whether she was mixing extra-fancy Kool-Aid as a kid, shaking cocktails at Applebee's, helping people forget their airport anxiety, or teaching a cocktail class, Tiffanie

Eli Sussman and the Most Miserable Dining Experience Anyone Could Have

Chef, restaurateur, author, and satirist Eli Sussman talks about growing up in a food-loving family outside Detroit, the painful mistake of giving away his treasured cook

Encore: Vikas Khanna and the Beautiful Lie That Saved His Childhood

When Vikas Khanna was growing up in a small town in India, he was bullied by the other children for wearing braces on his legs and not being able to play like them. But h

Patrick O'Connell and the Paul Newman Diversion

Patrick O'Connell has spent nearly five decades building The Inn at Little Washington into one of America's most celebrated restaurants. At the age of 80, he is finally s

Ayesha Nurdjaja and the Beefsteak Charlie's Buffet

Chef and Food Network star Ayesha Nurdjaja shares how one Lidia Bastianich recipe steered her away from law school to the kitchens of Felidia, A Voce, Artisanal, and then

Daniel Patterson, Sarah Lewitinn, and the Killing Moon

When Daniel Patterson and Sarah Lewitinn (a.k.a. Ultragrrrl) went on their first Hinge date, neither of them was in a great place. No one was, really, because it was in J

Aaron Franklin and the Cranky Pitmaster Pivot

Aaron Franklin, the Hot Luck Festival founder and James Beard Award-winning pitmaster behind Franklin Barbecue, talks about the long road from tinkering with guitars at h

Encore: Pati Jinich and the Bedtime Cookbooks

With her shows Pati's Mexican Table and La Frontera and cookbooks Treasures of the Mexican Table and Mexican Today, Pati Jinich uses her exceptional empathy, political sc