Never order this pricey cut of meat at a steakhouse, NYC chefs say — here’s what to try instead

Never order this pricey cut of meat at a steakhouse, NYC chefs say — here’s what to try instead

Don’t make this misteak. NYC chefs have beef with this popular cut of meat, insisting it’s the last one you should be ordering at a steakhouse — or any restaurant. Don’t have a cow, but these experts are going after a classic favorite, pulled from the narrow point of a tenderloin. Chefs have beef with one … Read more

NYC’s media mogul hangout Michael’s toasts 35th anniversary: ‘It’s all about evolution’

NYC’s media mogul hangout Michael’s toasts 35th anniversary: ‘It’s all about evolution’

My first lunch at Michael’s was in 1995. Playboy magazine had flown me in from Moscow where I had snagged an exclusive interview with the late Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who was then running for president of Russia.  It felt like everybody who was anybody was in the room, which glowed with its minimalist design, spectacular flower … Read more

This is America’s favorite celebrity chef, survey says

This is America’s favorite celebrity chef, survey says

Would you like to be called an “idiot sandwich?” A new survey has revealed that Gordon Ramsey is America’s favorite celebrity chef. That’s according to a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults. Following the fiery-tempered “Hell’s Kitchen” host (40%) comes Rachel Ray (31%) and Iron Chef Bobby Flay (28%). Caterer turned chef turned entrepreneur Martha Stewart … Read more

Rachael Ray admits she gets in ‘huge screaming matches all the time’ with her husband

Rachael Ray admits she gets in ‘huge screaming matches all the time’ with her husband

Rachael Ray is coming clean about her life at home with her husband, John Cusimano, revealing the pair get in heated arguments all the time because “that’s healthy.” Ray, 56, opened up about her hands-on approach to conflict during the debut episode of her new podcast, “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” with her first guest, … Read more

Rachael Ray announces ‘raw’ podcast about ‘life’s challenges’ after sparking health concerns

Rachael Ray announces ‘raw’ podcast about ‘life’s challenges’ after sparking health concerns

Rachael Ray is entering the podcast world. The celebrity chef, 56, announced her first podcast, titled “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” on Tuesday after sparking health concerns in a viral video last month. According to PEOPLE, Ray’s podcast will focus on “what fuels us — our drive, resilience, and how we face life’s challenges,” with … Read more

Martha Stewart admits to cheating on her husband in Netflix doc: He ‘never knew’

Martha Stewart admits to cheating on her husband in Netflix doc: He ‘never knew’

Martha Stewart is making a sizzling confession. In the new Netflix documentary “Martha” by R.J. Cutler, the 83-year-old confesses that she was unfaithful to her ex-husband, Andrew Stewart. “Young women, listen to my advice, if you’re married and your husband starts to cheat on you, he’s a piece of s–t,” Stewart shares in the doc’s trailer that … Read more

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ stars claim Gordon Ramsay ‘scared’ everyone on set: Knows ‘how to verbally disembowel people’

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ stars claim Gordon Ramsay ‘scared’ everyone on set: Knows ‘how to verbally disembowel people’

Gordon Ramsay scared everyone on the set of “Hell’s Kitchen,” according to former contestants who are speaking out about the sharp-tongued chef’s on-set aggression. Addressing what it was like behind the scenes of the popular cooking competitive show, several ex-stars — including winners Michael Wray and Ariel Malone — spilled about the intense kitchen environment in Vice TV’s “Dark Side … Read more

Ina Garten’s mom disapproved of her marriage to husband Jeffrey: ‘Terrible idea’

Ina Garten’s mom disapproved of her marriage to husband Jeffrey: ‘Terrible idea’

Ina Garten’s mom didn’t hold back from sharing her scathing opinion. The Barefoot Contessa star, 76, got candid on how her mother, Florence, thought marrying her now-husband of 56 years, Jeffrey, was a huge mistake — years before the couple briefly separated. “My mother walked into the room and said, ‘I think this is a terrible … Read more

‘MasterChef’ winner Simon Wood blasts rude diners who ghosted reservation at his restaurant

‘MasterChef’ winner Simon Wood blasts rude diners who ghosted reservation at his restaurant

It was dinner and a no-show. British celebrity chef Simon Wood had no reservations about spit-roasting a group of diners online for allegedly neglecting to show up for their reserved table at his fine-dining restaurant, WOOD, over the weekend. He grilled them in an X post catching fire online. Wood, who won the hit cooking … Read more

Chef Todd English launches Whitefish food festival to put Montana resort town on culinary map

Chef Todd English launches Whitefish food festival to put Montana resort town on culinary map

An under-the-radar Rocky Mountains resort town – with a name traditionally associated with a New York deli staple – is poised to land on the culinary map, at least that’s the hope of famed chef Todd English. Whitefish, a boomtown in northwest Montana, has become a magnet filled with one-percenters and celebrities looking to escape … Read more

Why Jennifer Garner was once rejected from appearing on Ina Garten’s cooking show

Why Jennifer Garner was once rejected from appearing on Ina Garten’s cooking show

One of the sweetest friendships in Hollywood nearly never came to be. In her upcoming memoir “Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” Ina Garten wrote that her assistant once “dismissed” a letter from Jennifer Garner asking to appear on her cooking show, years before they formed a close bond. “People who didn’t understand that the … Read more

NYC Wine & Food Festival moves to Brooklyn — but it’s ‘not an FU to Manhattan’

NYC Wine & Food Festival moves to Brooklyn — but it’s ‘not an FU to Manhattan’

The New York City Wine & Food Festival will ditch Manhattan for the first time in 17 years and bring its showcase events to the Brooklyn waterfront – bolstering the borough’s growing epicurean bona fides.   The annual event, which runs from Oct. 17-20, will set up a giant tent at Sunset Park’s Brooklyn Army Terminal’s … Read more

NYC fall dining preview: Daniel Boulud’s new steakhouse heads post-COVID restaurant boom

NYC fall dining preview: Daniel Boulud’s new steakhouse heads post-COVID restaurant boom

New York’s top chefs and up-and-coming stars are betting big on the city’s continued recovery from post-COVID doldrums with a slew of new restaurants on tap for the fall. The openings – spanning all corners of Manhattan, as well as spilling over into Brooklyn and Queens – include a new French-American steakhouse in NoMad from … Read more

NYC startup pitches outdoor dining sheds for restaurants that can be taken down and reused

NYC startup pitches outdoor dining sheds for restaurants that can be taken down and reused

A New York City clampdown is forcing thousands of restaurants to scrap their outdoor dining sheds — and a local startup sniffs an opportunity.  Architects Nick Flutter and Nikita Notowidigdo, the founders of Re-Ply, have created a modular system that can not only build and customize dining sheds — but also disassemble and reuse them. … Read more

Sweet revenge! Vegan queen Chloe Coscarelli is back after losing her name and NYC restaurants

Sweet revenge! Vegan queen Chloe Coscarelli is back after losing her name and NYC restaurants

Chloe Coscarelli searched for the perfect space for her new restaurant, CHLOE, “for years. I toured probably hundreds of spaces.” But when she stepped into 185 Bleecker Street, “It felt like I was home. “The space is perfect — because I built it already,” Coscarelli, 36, told The Post. A little over seven years ago, the … Read more

Top chef Simon Kim to make US Open debut with cult hit Copodaq as all-star roster revealed

Top chef Simon Kim to make US Open debut with cult hit Copodaq as all-star roster revealed

A roster of top chefs will join the tennis world’s biggest stars at the US Open in Queens next month – headed by the debut of Simon Kim and his cult hit Coqodaq, Side Dish can reveal exclusively.  The Flatiron District hotspot – which  featured Mayor Eric Adams, Gossip Girl 2.0’s Evan Mock, designer Phillip … Read more

Top restaurateur Simon Kim to make US Open debut with cult hit Coqodaq as all-star roster revealed

Top restaurateur Simon Kim to make US Open debut with cult hit Coqodaq as all-star roster revealed

A roster of top chefs will join the tennis world’s biggest stars at the US Open in Queens next month – headed by the debut of restaurateur Simon Kim and his cult hit Coqodaq, Side Dish can reveal exclusively.  The Flatiron District hotspot – which  featured Mayor Eric Adams, Gossip Girl 2.0’s Evan Mock, designer … Read more

Iconic NYC bar visited by Teddy Roosevelt, Annie Oakley recruits ex-Waverly Inn chef

Iconic NYC bar visited by Teddy Roosevelt, Annie Oakley recruits ex-Waverly Inn chef

A New York hospitality mogul is bringing in famed Waverly Inn chef John DeLucie to help a 150-year-old tavern near the South Street Seaport regain its luster, Side Dish has learned. Eytan Sugarman — whose restaurant empire includes White Horse Tavern, Hunt & Fish Club and the Made In New York Pizza chain — has … Read more

Giada De Laurentiis reveals why she really left Food Network: ‘I was very fearful’

Giada De Laurentiis reveals why she really left Food Network: ‘I was very fearful’

She was cooked. Giada De Laurentiis, 53, is revealing why she walked away from Food Network after 21 years as its star, citing burnout as a reason.  “I would switch gears without knowing it every seven years,” the TV host and chef said on the recent episode of  Rebecca Minkoff’s Superwomen podcast.  “So I did … Read more

Michelin-starred chef brings dazzling taste of India to East Village at Bungalow — but good luck scoring a reservation

Michelin-starred chef brings dazzling taste of India to East Village at Bungalow — but good luck scoring a reservation

A Michelin-starred celebrity chef and a high-powered restaurateur have opened a jewel of an Indian restaurant that has transformed a shabby section of the East Village into a sophisticated slice of Mumbai. Bungalow, which opened last month at a new luxury building on the site of the original Lucky Cheng’s, is tucked between a pizzeria … Read more