Julia Moskin

When the term “conspicuous consumption” joined the language during the Gilded Age, it didn’t specifically apply to food. But it certainly does at many of the new restaurants opening in Manhattan’s current gold rush. At Le Chêne, a cozy new bistro in the W... See more

Being something of an outsider has been part of Padma Lakshmi’s identity for as long as she can remember. Born in Chennai, India, in 1970, she is the only child of a courageous mother who left an arranged marriage and moved to New York City, supporting th... See more

PARIS—I have never been asked to sign an NDA for a bonbon before. But this is the kind of thing that happens when negotiating with stars like Cedric Grolet, arguably the most famous pastry chef on the internet and, increasingly, in the real world. Grolet ... See more

Since Anthony Bourdain’s 2000 bestseller Kitchen Confidential, chef memoirs have become a publishing staple. But only recently has the life story of a restaurant owner become memoir-worthy. Keith McNally, who opened the Odeon, Balthazar and Pastis, publis... See more

In 1985, when Molly Ringwald’s character in “The Breakfast Club” pulls out a bento box of sushi at the fictional Shermer High School, the other students are unnerved by this mystifying lunch. In 2025, when lunch period starts at the real Stevenson High Sc... See more