Guides

We re-read all 105 Food’n’Chef stories for the words chefs leave for readers: 58 of them give advice or a wish, from cooking at home and choosing ingredients to eating well and, most often, doing what you love.

We re-read all 105 Food’n’Chef stories to see how these chefs got their first kitchen jobs, and in 30 of them the chef started at the sink, as a helper or assistant, or in the dining room rather than at the stove.

We re-read all 105 Food’n’Chef stories to see what chefs eat when they are off duty: 21 describe cooking at home, 19 like their own food simple, and 28 name the cuisine they grew up with as their favorite.

We re-read all 105 Food’n’Chef stories to see who first taught these chefs to cook, and in 35 of them the answer is a mother, a grandmother or grandparents.

Light roasts, Colombian beans and Yemeni coffee houses, in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Hoboken.

14 tried · 17 next on my list

Neapolitan, Roman, sourdough and Staten Island thin crust, across the city and in Jersey City.

3 tried · 12 next on my list