FEATURES
Read about the latest industry techniques, trends, and ideas as well as personal stories from restaurant professionals around the country.
The Solo Effect
We have Chef Michael Solomonov to thank for hummus and salatim in Philadelphia.
![The “Not-Pizza” Carpaccio](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1668884729484-IIWYM05XHWK0NP0ECH6K/IMG_0282.jpg)
The “Not-Pizza” Carpaccio
Take a slice of Chef Robert Newcomb’s tomato-basil-topped umami bomb carpaccio at Vernick Food & Drink in Philadelphia.
![The New (Fun) Wine Bar](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1680539266768-HGS9UYTTZDWJH6IQVA85/Maxwell%2BPark.jpg)
![Can’t Stop. Won’t Stop.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/18fe1724-2615-4d01-8571-2326203502f9/Isaac+Jolley.jpg)
Can’t Stop. Won’t Stop.
Despite the odds, Isaac Jolley is making a career in cooking happen.
![Intuitive Creativity at Smyth](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1681820016705-KHWVAZ8M2HSM90MTTI5J/Smyth-19.jpg)
Intuitive Creativity at Smyth
For Chef John Shields of Chicago's Smyth, every dish must have purpose.
![New, Old, and Ancient Traditions in the City of Roses](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1682705941140-GGZALFWQ1P636HXI2PFY/JolieLaide-6.jpg)
New, Old, and Ancient Traditions in the City of Roses
Roses have infiltrated the culinary consciousness in a city with a rich, rose-filled history.
![Portland's Most Eligible Cook for Hire](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/023f0389-c830-4bb0-92e0-e697eaeb6f7e/roberto_almodovar.jpg)
Portland's Most Eligible Cook for Hire
Chef Roberto Almodovar has joined the gig economy, and you can, too.
![What's Fueling Ford?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/93a4b506-e0e0-401f-9d40-67dff5de54f1/ford_fry.jpg)
What's Fueling Ford?
Ford Fry is opening more restaurants than you this year. And he’s loving every minute.
![Mug in Hand, To Church We Go](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1684614979825-D7OABJ8DGY86UMIW01BT/Firelight-1.jpg)
Mug in Hand, To Church We Go
In Atlanta, roasters and churchgoers and mingling the sacred and everyday: coffee, community, and faith.
![Flawless, Fabulous, French Lobster en Croûte in 29 Steps](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1685840070408-K5HXAA24927GVH7ICILA/Atlas-8.jpg)
Flawless, Fabulous, French Lobster en Croûte in 29 Steps
Do you have what it takes—including a baller team—to make Atlas’ lobster en croute?
![Generation Smoke: New Opportunities and Voices in Texas Barbecue](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1685115115314-74N6L7L7MPZ4FZTNX4WL/LeRoy-10.jpg)
Generation Smoke: New Opportunities and Voices in Texas Barbecue
Barbecue-obsessed Texas is making room for new faces and voices in the pits.
![The Old and New Espresso Martini](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/65328979-230c-49af-a7d5-7db634036b8f/Magazine+Shoot+-+Justin+Lavenue+%282%29.jpg)
The Old and New Espresso Martini
Owners and Bartenders Justin Lavenue and Dennis Gobis approach classics with reverence, zeroing in on the ratios and techniques that define drinks.
![Uchi Bears Fruit](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1685142286263-C47PWHAHZFF2GALTLBSN/Uchi-10.jpg)
Uchi Bears Fruit
Dishes with fruit and raw fish are ubiquitous in Austin, the legacy of Tyson Cole's mentorship and influence.
![A Cheese Course in Disguise](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1685134709131-Z0451CDNO2DV87BVF9PY/Launderette-8.jpg)
A Cheese Course in Disguise
At Launderette in Austin, Pastry Chef Laura Sawicki conceptualized a cheese course as dessert with a funky anchor of Blue de Basques cheese.
![Dressed Up: Soil Replenishing Boiled Peanuts](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f063187ead18a2e98ba7f9b/1685138189768-N2HB5HP3DCHWZYW0R5QS/Olamaie-11.jpg)
Dressed Up: Soil Replenishing Boiled Peanuts
Chef Michael Fojtasek of Olamaie in Austin updates a roadside snack without abandoning its country sensibility.