15 gourmet holiday gifts for foodies in 2024

15 gourmet holiday gifts for foodies in 2024

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. From the most luscious caviar to impeccably delicate petit fours, this holiday’s gifts for gourmets will satisfy the most exacting epicure. Highly designed chop sticks make ordering in elegant, or unleash your … Read more

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 restaurants ditch pricey chef’s tasting menus as inflation-hammered diners seek cheaper options

NYC restaurants ditch pricey chef’s tasting menus as inflation-hammered diners seek cheaper options

Inflation-battered diners are putting aside less time and money for extravagant chefs’ tasting menus – leading many Big Apple restaurants to ditch the pricey concept in favor of a la carte options that can be shared, Side Dish has learned. Industry insiders say new restaurants are not launching tasting menus, and many who do have … Read more

Hungry husband considers divorce — from wife who can’t cook: ‘Has literally f–ked up mac and cheese’

Hungry husband considers divorce — from wife who can’t cook: ‘Has literally f–ked up mac and cheese’

This relationship’s on the chopping block. There are plenty of “icks” — or unattractive qualities — that could turn off a partner, but one in particular that has become a point of contention is cooking. As some celebrities reveal they rarely cook dinner for their families — from Kim Kardashian to Brittany Mahomes — one Redditor shared his … Read more

NYC private chefs are going public — and becoming social media stars with millions of followers

NYC private chefs are going public — and becoming social media stars with millions of followers

NYC private chefs are going public — and becoming social media stars. While toques to the elite have traditionally toiled in obscurity, whipping up egg white omelettes, smoothies and elaborate dinner parties for one-percenters, they’ve more recently found food lovers are hungry to watch videos about their lives on the job. “It’s this kind of … Read more

Exclusive | NYC’s first-ever ‘garbage’ restaurant week is here: Michelin chefs making special dishes — out of trash

Exclusive | NYC’s first-ever ‘garbage’ restaurant week is here: Michelin chefs making special dishes — out of trash

Zero waste doesn’t mean zero taste, if you ask these top chefs. A dozen of New York City’s most celebrated restaurants and bars have accepted the challenge to produce no food waste for an entire week as part of the first-ever Make Food, Not Waste Restaurant Week. Pegged to the citywide mandatory composting program that … Read more

The heartwarming moment student shows ‘school mom’ teacher the tattoo he got in her honor: ‘Shut up!’

The heartwarming moment student shows ‘school mom’ teacher the tattoo he got in her honor: ‘Shut up!’

This teacher is skin-spiring. A recent Indiana high school graduate inked up his arm with a moving note from his favorite teacher — who he says is responsible for helping him find his passion for life. “I had no drive, no passion, nothing,” Chayce McCoy said. “I didn’t expect to ever have the possibility of … Read more

These NYC entrepreneurs are bringing a Soho House-like community to NJ’s tony suburbs

These NYC entrepreneurs are bringing a Soho House-like community to NJ’s tony suburbs

In the heart of New York City pre-COVID-19 pandemic, Jonathan Krieger and Brandon Hirsch were thriving, operating dozens of different businesses — including restaurants and a string of cafes — across the bustling metropolis. But when the coronavirus struck, the entrepreneurial duo — feeling stifled and stymied by the new normal in the Big Apple — couldn’t help … Read more

Michelin-starred chef James Kent, who spearheaded the FiDi area’s culinary revival, dead at 45

Michelin-starred chef James Kent, who spearheaded the FiDi area’s culinary revival, dead at 45

The shocking, premature death over the weekend of Michelin-starred chef James Kent at age 45 cast a pall over Downtown – and the Wall Street area especially. Although Kent had other projects in the works, his Saga Hospitality Group is most closely associated with FiDi. It was announced just last week that the group would … Read more

Brooklyn chef is tops in NYC with James Beard Award win

Brooklyn chef is tops in NYC with James Beard Award win

Brooklyn goes hard at the James Beard Awards. Charlie Mitchell of Clover Hill, a Michelin-starred New American restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, took home the prize this year for best chef in New York. Mitchell beat out four other Empire State nominees for the nod, at one time known as the Oscars of the food world. “There’s … Read more

Would you scramble eggs in boiling water? Chef sparks outrage with hack

Would you scramble eggs in boiling water? Chef sparks outrage with hack

People were not too egg-cited about this cooking method. A chef went viral showing how she cooks scrambled eggs in boiling water — but viewers were not too enticed. Chef Bethany, who goes by @lilsipper_official on TikTok, often shares her healthy cooking hacks online with her millions of followers. Chef Bethany shocked viewers with her … Read more

World’s 50 best restaurants for 2024 revealed — and one NYC spot made the list

World’s 50 best restaurants for 2024 revealed — and one NYC spot made the list

The list is served. The world’s 50 best restaurants of 2024 have been revealed, reaching 23 global destinations that were chosen by 1,080 international restaurant industry experts, including food writers and chefs. The list includes several classic favorites and some new entries from Australia, Colombia, India and beyond. Disfrutar in Barcelona took the top spot after being … Read more

Teen chef whips up duck confit for fancy NYC benefit dinner for kids with cancer: ‘Proud to be helping’

Teen chef whips up duck confit for fancy NYC benefit dinner for kids with cancer: ‘Proud to be helping’

Upper East Side high school freshman Joshua Small is cooking up hope. Small, a French-American student at the Lycée Français de New York, regaled 60 diners as the acting executive chef of East Harlem’s Tastings NYC Saturday, a “Youth to Youth” dinner to raise money for the sick children at the Ronald McDonald House-New York. … 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

You’re making your Bolognese all wrong —here’s how to do it right, according to an expert chef

You’re making your Bolognese all wrong —here’s how to do it right, according to an expert chef

Say that’s no’more to this culinary faux pas. People around the globe who take pride in their bolognese recipes are predisposed to a glaring rookie mistake, professional chefs warn. It’s a cardinal sin to serve the meaty mixture along with spaghetti, warned influential late chef Antonio Carluccio, who added in a recipe that it cannot … Read more

NYC power lunch makes comeback as more workers return to office

NYC power lunch makes comeback as more workers return to office

The power lunch is back on the menu five days a week in the Big Apple – a major sign that Manhattan offices are buzzing again as more workers return to their desks following the pandemic, Side Dish has learned. Midtown staples like Michael’s and Fresco by Scotto, along with newer hot spots from top … Read more

Chef Charles Withers ‘happy to talk’ to ‘ghosted’ wife after public shaming: report

Chef Charles Withers ‘happy to talk’ to ‘ghosted’ wife after public shaming: report

He serves a mean leg of lam. Charles Withers, the celeb chef said to have abandoned his family in Massachusetts a year ago, has finally reached out to estranged wife Ashley McGuire after her Facebook account of the incident went viral this week, the miffed mom of four confirmed. The P.O.’d parent spoke to the … Read more

Famous chef allegedly ‘ghosted’ wife and babies for new identity in another state: ‘Gone without a trace’

Famous chef allegedly ‘ghosted’ wife and babies for new identity in another state: ‘Gone without a trace’

This philandering chef cooked up a real mess for his former family. A Massachusetts woman whose reality TV chef husband allegedly abandoned her and their two children reportedly managed to track down the deserter in a day thanks to the “power of Facebook.” As it turned out, the scoundrel had decamped to Texas, where he’d … Read more

World’s first Michelin-starred meal in space will cost a hefty $495K

World’s first Michelin-starred meal in space will cost a hefty 5K

This meal is out of this world. Having a Michelin-starred meal in space already would be an astronomical feat — and it comes at a sky-high price. SpaceVIP, one of the first luxury space-tourism companies, will host an immersive dining experience in space with Michelin-starred Denmark chef Rasmus Munk. Six explorers “will be making history … Read more

I’m a chef — if you think you’re struggling to make ends meet, try running a restaurant nowadays

I’m a chef — if you think you’re struggling to make ends meet, try running a restaurant nowadays

Pandemic, inflation, wage mandates — over the last decade, running a restaurant has become one of the more challenging jobs in the country. And it shows, too — dining out in many places around the United States, New York included, has gone from standard practice to pricey privilege. What gives? What does the future hold? The New … Read more