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Last Call: Richard Blais Hosts Topless Spaghetti Nights Sometimes

Esquire: Richard Blais hosts topless spaghetti night at his house. But it’s not what you think. No, no, stop thinking it. Man, we really shouldn’t have lead with that, because now you’re going to feel...

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Nick Kokonas Thinks That OpenTable Is Obsolete: ‘Nobody Needs It Anymore’

If you’ve been following restauranteur innovations, you may be aware that not only are Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas innovating things like food and drinks and serving vessels, they’re sprinkling their...

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WATCH: Behind The Scenes At The 21st Century Limited

The one thing that undoubtedly weighed on everyone’s minds after they left The 21st Century Limited, where Alinea staged a pop-up at Eleven Madison Park and vice versa, was how Grant Achatz and Daniel...

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In Honor Of Snowstorm Nemo: Our Favorite Snow-Inspired Molecular Creations

The weather outside (in the Northeast) is frightful, etc., except without all the cheeriness of Christmas, because Snowstorm Nemo a February blizzard. Not cool, Nemo. What are we supposed to do in...

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WATCH: Alex Stupak And Jordan Kahn’s Trailer For The Push Project Part II...

Fine, we’re suckers for dramatically shot special dining event trailers. But Alex Stupak and Jordan Kahn’s Push Project: Part II is something of a visual marvel. Both chefs came out of the Alinea...

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Your Morning Tweet: The Zeitgeist Of American Molecular Gastronomy Is At Red...

Just chewed the stick from a fun dip then dumped the powder in my mouth and swallowed both.I wonder what they’re doing at Alinea right now — Red Medicine (@redmedicinela) March 8, 2013  

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WATCH: Alinea Gets The Dramatic Food Porn Video Treatment Typically Reserved...

Are we known for obsessively tracking Next trailers, which tease Grant Achatz and David Beran’s menu plans for the upcoming seasons in rich, loosely narrative video form? We are. But since there isn’t...

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Plating 101: Six Famous Dishes That Look Just Like Modernist Paintings

While it’s a given that most chefs draw their plating inspiration from the art world, occasionally their dishes verge from mere inspiration to recognizable if not conscious homage. Because we love...

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Did Nick Kokonas Get Arrested For Being Vegan?

No, he did not. But this mug shot of Alinea and Next co-owner Nick Kokonas, channeling his best impersonation of James Franco’s character from Spring Breakers (what we wouldn’t give to see Kokonas...

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Is It Just Grant Achatz, Or Did This Culinary School Gank Alinea’s Chocolate...

We know, we know. There isn’t really such a thing as “stealing” other chefs’ dishes. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, great minds think alike, etc etc. But, as Grant Achatz pointed out via...

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WATCH: Grant Achatz, Alinea Star in Restaurant Documentary, Spinning Plates

ICYMI, Grant Achatz is starring in a new documentary on restaurants, pitting his uber-fancy Alinea stop against an all-around family restaurant in Iowa, and a bootstrapping Mexican restaurant in...

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Last Call: Parts Unknown DP Zach Zamboni Gets the Shot, No Matter What

No Film School: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown DP Zach Zamboni gave a nearly two-hour talk on getting the shot, no matter what, and it’s fucking inspired, even if you aren’t a film nerd. The Daily...

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Grant Achatz Thinks Silverware is ‘Barbaric,’ Because Naturally

We understand that Grant Achatz is an artist with a capital A, as the director of Spinning Plates says. But that doesn’t mean we’d occasionally like to eat with a fork, Grant. The newest Achatz...

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Grant Achatz Teases All of Twitter with Hotel, Aviary Cookbook Plans

Will he or won’t he? How much more speculating can the food media do? Apparently, not enough: everyone’s abuzz about whether Grant Achatz really will end up building the hotel we long for in our...

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I Was the Alinea Baby, But Charming: How To Keep Your Kids Chill at Fancy...

Are you aware, on the edges of your bleary Monday morning periphery, that a hot new @AlineaBaby Twitter account exists, but you have no idea what it’s in reference to, and can only surmise that Grant...

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WATCH: Grant Achatz ‘Does Think Children Should Experience Fine Dining at an...

We’re relieved, if for no other reason than that future kindergartner wowed by the chocolate ball who we went to bat for yesterday. Good Morning America hauled cameras out to Chicago for a segment...

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Grant Achatz Blames the Parents, Not the Child, in the Alinea Baby Brouhaha

As #alineababygate winds down, Chicago Reader sat down with Grant Achatz after hearing his official stance on babies at his three-star Michelin restaurant on Good Morning America: babies are not, nor...

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To Celebrate the End of AlineaBabyGate (Or Whatever), The Best Tweets from...

So the Grant Achatz-baby thing is kind of over, right? He suffered intense criticism, made some parents angry, and blamed the whole thing on the inconsiderate kids, not the baby. But really, the best...

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Grant Achatz Teases a Month-Long Alinea Pop-Up in NYC This Fall

If you live in New York and missed the 21st Century Limited Alinea/Eleven Madison Park switcheroo, then your second chance to experience exploding chocolate balls is coming. Grant Achatz teased a...

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Four-Year-Olds Review Fancy Restaurants, Put Alinea Baby to Shame

Remember how Grant Achatz and a whole bunch of other people asked diners to leave the babies at home? Now we find the world’s most adorable restaurant critics and we say BRING IT ON, YOU ADORABLE,...

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