One good thing about the cold: great hot chocolate.

Gotta love the French: As soon as you knock off the bûche de Noël, it’s time for a galette des rois—those flaky almond-cream cakes with a bean, or a good-luck charm, hidden inside.

Until your will is crushed by the aroma of a Corner Bistro burger, stick to your New Year’s diet at one of these vegan, vegetarian, or vegetarian-friendly restaurants.

The Gates might be gone, but “Ashes and Snow,” at the Nomadic Museum on Pier 54, has just begun. Which means that West Village restaurants become an even hotter ticket.

Savvy restaurateurs trying to fill seats will stop at nothing—even cutting their prices. Eat early, eat late, or eat someplace where they don’t give you a check.

"What I'm trying to do is to get people to drink wine any way I can. And I don't care if it's white Zinfandel. I want them to have wine.

With authentic British chippies multiplying, fish and chips are nearly as prevalent as steak-frites—and just as decadent.

A side-by-side comparison.

Italian mothers have always been a secret weapon in the New York restaurateur’s arsenal. The famous and the infamous:

St. Lucia Day, the annual Scandinavian festival of lights, falls on December 13, but you can get a head start on all the festive meatball-eating and glögg-gulping here.