Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Thomas Keller’s three-Michelin-starred Per Se, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about food and drink in NYC—and beyond. “When I first started at Per Se, I didn’t imagine I would be here for more than a ...

Two of the country’s most-expensive culinary establishments, Masa and Per Se, will soon become even more inaccessible as the oligarch-friendly venues push the costs of their most-luxe offerings — ...

As Thomas Keller’s most influential restaurants hit major birthdays, the cost and the demand have risen. But what about the food and the fun? Laura Cunningham, left, and the chef Thomas Keller, ...

As Thomas Keller’s most influential restaurants hit major birthdays, the cost and the demand have risen. But what about the food and the fun? By Melissa Clark I try to avoid negative reviews — unless ...

Not many restaurateurs are capable of transforming the meaning of an everyday Latin phrase, but that’s what Thomas Keller did. After it was announced that the chef-owner of The French Laundry was ...