Features

Go deeper with chefs, game changers, culinary destinations, food culture, essays, profiles, and more with Food & Wine features.

Deep Dives

Pasta with porcini mushrooms, spinach and shaved truffle.
American Truffles Are Right Under Your Nose and They're About to Be Everywhere

Unwrapping Trends

Pickles and a cold soda in a photo composite.
Here's Why Everyone Is Putting Pickles in Their Dr. Pepper Right Now

Taste the World

An Iraqi Jewish Feast
Cooking and Sharing Iraqi Jewish Food Helps Me Imagine a Place I Never Knew

More Deep Dives

Hot Sauce Illustration
Hot Sauce Marketing Is So Aggro, But the Community Behind It Is Surprisingly Sweet

Profiles

Allie Plumer
When an American Chef Needs Brain Surgery

Essays

Close-up of waffle
Carol the Waffle House Waitress Is My New Life Coach

The Poetry of Food

A bowl of classic spaghetti
Poet Charles Simic Paints a Self-Portrait with Spaghetti

Explore Features

A sizzling platter of fajitas.
Do You Love Being the Center of Attention? Here's What You Should Order
Summer Squash Casserole
Never Be Ashamed of Your Family's Casserole
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This Might Be the Greatest Pizza in the World
A hamburger on a plate with a knife and fork.
You Should Eat Your Burger With a Knife and Fork — I Promise It's Not Weird
Hot Dish
The History of Hot Dish
Chef David Chang
David Chang Talks About Chili Crunch Controversy, Microwave Snobbery, and Guy Fieri
pizza box on a blue carpet
Sitcoms Led Me to Believe I'd Be Eating a Lot of Takeout Pizza When I Grew Up
The fish ager at Itamae AO
Dry-Aged Fish Has Become a Restaurant Status Symbol
Pete Wells
Pete Wells Gets Real About the Role of Restaurant Critics, His Time as a High School Cheerleader, and How He Invented Ghosting
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Brain Food | Grant Achatz
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The Pantry Forager
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Captain Bacon
Kat Kinsman On Panic
The Pandemic Is Making Me Deeply Anxious About Food
Dry aged crown of duck from Francie, Brooklyn, NY.
One Type of Poultry Is Popping Up in Restaurants Everywhere, and It Isn't Chicken
A man sits at a table, covered with a blue checkered tablecloth. He uses a fork to scoop up a mouthful of long spaghetti pasta.
Some Rules of Dining Etiquette Are Made to Be Broken
Liza Colón-Zayas in Season 3, Episode 6 of 'The Bear.'
Every Single Restaurant Featured in 'The Bear' Season 3
Travis Milton; House-Aged Ribeye Tartar
Appalachia Doesn't Need Saving, It Needs Respect
Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto.
All the Chef Cameos in 'The Bear' Season 3, in Chronological Order
Lisa Donovan
My Notebooks Tell the Story of How I Became a Chef
A glass of gin and ice on a green background.
A Heat Wave Is No Time to Be Serving Drinks That Aren't Cold Enough
Matt Jennings
Get Off Your Phone and Go to Your Neighborhood Restaurant
Gramercy Tavern executive chef Michael Anthony standing in the front window
30 Years In, Gramercy Tavern Remains a Great American Restaurant
Patrick Clark
Tracing the Footsteps of Patrick Clark
TOP CHEF -- "Cruising to the End" Episode 2114 -- Pictured: (l-r) Daniel Jacobs, Savannah Miller, Danny Garcia
The 'Top Chef' Season 21 Winner Is Following in His Mentor's Footsteps
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A Jury of My Peers
The door to Bread and Roses with food, flowers and a pride flag in a photo composite.
How Vegetarian Restaurants Became Intertwined with the LGBTQ+ Movement
How Not To Be A Toxic Chef
Your Kitchen Doesn't Have to Be Hell
A hand refusing a plate of octopus
How to Handle Being a Picky Eater As an Adult
Chef Gerald Sombright
I Was the First Black Man in America to Earn a Michelin Star and I Want to Make Sure I'm Not the Last
FRENCH BLOOM non-alcoholic sparkling wine in bottles and glasses
This Nonalcoholic Wine Tastes Just as Luxurious as Expensive Champagne
Staff and customers inside Buns and Buns restaurant in Covent Garden Market, one of the most popular tourist sites in London, UK.
Should a Restaurant Be Able to Tell Me When I Have to Leave My Table?
Pantry of spices in a commercial kitchen at a restaurant
Here's Why Chefs Are So Particular About Kitchen Tape and Sharpies
BROOKLYN KURA sake in bottles and glasses
American Sake Is Poised to Be the Next Craft Beer
A person pouring water at a restaurant.
Want to Annoy Your Server? Order Water for the Table
illustrated portrait of Erick Williams
Meet the Chicago Chef Inspiring a New Generation of Black Entrepreneurs
Kevin Gillespie
Kevin Gillespie Just Opened the Restaurant of a Lifetime
An illustration of Tiffanie Barriere
Meet the Bartender and Cultural Historian Who Is Shaking Up the Cocktail World
A chef adding finishing touches to a plate.
'The Bear' Season 3 Inspired Us to Ask Real Chefs About the First Dish They Ever Served at a Restaurant
Zero acre farms cultured oil in bottles
The Future of Frying Is Here, and It Comes From Sugarcane
The Bear, Season 3, Episode 1: Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu.
Chicago Chefs Bare All About How Being on 'The Bear' Has Affected Their Business
Cody Rigsby Has a Lot of Opinions About Condiments
Cody Rigsby's Hottest Takes on Tiramisu, Honey Baked Ham, and More
Siete Family Foods tortilla chips
The Fastest Growing Mexican American Snack Company Began With Just $1,000
MìLà soup dumplings in a steamer
Restaurant-Quality Soup Dumplings Are Finally Available at the Freezer Aisle
assortment of pastries from Lysée restaurant in New York City
How a Restaurant Group Is Pushing Korean Food to the Forefront of American Cuisine
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Styrofoam's Demise Is Finally Here — and It's all Thanks to Dead Shrimp
illustrated portrait of ROSHARA SANDERS & RUPA BHATTACHARYA
How a Dynamic Duo Is Leading the Culinary Institute of America Into a New Era of Diversity
illustrated portrait of Chris and Courtney Storer
Meet the Brother-Sister Duo Behind 'The Bear'
illustration of lasagna, broccoli, and an apple on trays
There’s a Future for Chefs Outside of the Restaurant Industry, and It’s in School Lunches
close up of HAWAIIAN KANPACHI fish scales
Farm-Raised Hawaiian Kanpachi is at the Frontier of Sustainability
woman serving coffee at Bitty & Beau’s Coffee
A Fast-Growing Coffee Chain Is Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Airhood sucking in smoke
Silence Your Smoke Detector With This Portable Range Hood
Restaurant in Paris near Le Panth with a menu in french, written in chalk.
These Dining Habits Are a Dead Giveaway That You're an American Tourist
Jessica B. Harris on the porch at her home in Oak Bluffs
Rosemary is for Remembrance
Season 3, Episode 2: Pictured (L-R) Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard "Richie" Jerimovich, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Matty Matheson as Neil Fak, Ricky Staffieri as Ted Fak.
Have the Celebrity Chef Cameos in 'The Bear' Gotten Out of Hand?
Two soft-serve ice cream cones.
Sweet, Uncomplicated Summer Bliss Can Be Had for Just $1.80
Chef Asma Khan
Asma Khan Will Not Let You Dismiss Her — or Anyone's Daughter
morel mushrooms
Tama Janowitz Scores a Morel Victory
Non-negotiables from The Bear Season 3, Episode 2.
How Realistic Are Carmy's Non-Negotiables on ‘The Bear?’ We Asked F&W Best New Chefs to Share Their Real Kitchen Rules
Will Poulter, and Chef Dave Beran in a photo composite.
After Training Will Poulter for 'The Bear,' Dave Beran Would Definitely Hire Him As a Line Cook
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Many Happy Returns
A restaurant dinner table under natural light has been set with linens, silverware and stemware, and awaits its dinner clientele.
If You See This Kind of Table in a Restaurant — Run
A cookbook open to recipe on a kitchen counter.
Want to Cook Like a Best New Chef? Start With Their Books — All 300-Plus of Them
Chef Jasper White
Chefs Remember Jasper White, New England’s ‘Godfather of Seafood’