Where to find the quintessential New York summertime nosh.

There’s nothing like a properly made lobster roll (bring out the Hellmann’s, please) to chase away the winter blues.

Barbara Lynch, guest chef this week at Tribeca Grill, isn’t the only visiting toque in town. Her sister members in the French society known as Les Nouvelles Mères Cuisinières are taking up temporary residence in New York to mark D’Artagnan’s twentieth anniversary.

Formerly a demure team player, cozying up to tomatoes or blanketing pizza margherita, mozzarella is making a brazen move into the bright white spotlight.

There’s no shame in going out for Thanksgiving dinner this year—even Martha Stewart is taking the day off, after all. All you need to do is decide how much you want to spend.

Spaghetti alla carbonara is Rome’s most popular pasta dish, and judging by its recent preponderance on local menus—Italian and otherwise—it may be New York’s, too.

Before or after your Christo-curated stroll in Central Park, you’re going to need to eat.

Not so long ago, the $160 tab on a four-course Ducasse dinner gave the fine-dining community fits. Today, that price seems almost reasonable. Where to go when someone else is picking up the check. (Tax, tips, and drinks not included, of course.)

Eric Ripert teaches New Yorkers how to cook in a tiny kitchen.

The next best thing to cooking over an open flame is dining next to one.