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Giving the Bird the Bird
Giving the Bird the Bird: We’re not going to post things on Twitter X anymore. The new owner keeps doing awful stuff. If you have enjoyed our mostly-daily curated links via the aforementioned collapsing service, we invite you to bookmark our curated links page, or follow us a number of other ways. Rather than linger any longer on this tedious […]
Twenty
Twenty: In 2005, YouTube, reddit, and Facebook were all still wet and screaming infants. Google, working under the motto “Don’t Be Evil,” had just dethroned Yahoo! as the planet’s most popular Internet search engine (AskJeeves was not available for comment). Nickelback was at the height of its fame. Internet Explorer was the most used web browser, […]
Let Gimbap Reintroduce Itself
On a personal level, gimbap came first for chef Jihan Lee, with his mom’s gimbap setting the standard. On a professional level, though, gimbap took a backseat to another seaweed-wrapped rice roll: sushi. After training at New York City’s two-Michelin-starred temple of sushi Masa, Lee and his business partners opened the Japanese hand roll bar […]
There Once Was a Man Called Curley
There Once Was a Man Called Curley: In the village of Bellewstown, about 15 miles north of Dublin, Ireland, they still talk about what Barney Curley did back in 1975. It all happened during a horse race on the Hill of Crockafotha. It was just an amateur jockey race on a lazy summer day in a sleepy, remote town; it wasn’t meant […]
Here Are the 2026 James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Finalists
The James Beard Foundation has announced its list of chef and restaurant finalists for the 2026 James Beard Awards. The awards represent one of the highest honors in the restaurant industry, recognizing chefs and restaurants across the United States. The March 31 announcement highlighted chefs and restaurants in categories including Outstanding Restaurateur, Best New Restaurant, […]
The Michelin Guide Is Heading to More of the Midwest
The Michelin Guide announced today that it will be releasing a Great Lakes edition, which will cover Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh — basically, every major city in the region except Chicago, which is covered by a separate Michelin Guide. It continues the guide’s partnerships with destination marketing organizations, as Eater’s Matthew Kang […]
Journey to the Invisible Planet
Journey to the Invisible Planet: In the late 17th century, natural philosopher Isaac Newton was deeply uneasy with a new scientific theory that was gaining currency in Europe: universal gravitation. In correspondence with a scientific contemporary, Newton complained that it was “an absurdity” to suppose that “one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum.” The scientist […]
6 Restaurants Explain the Stories Behind Their Beloved Artworks
Dining out in Big Sur, California, requires intentionality. There’s nothing casual about visiting a restaurant off the cliff-hugging stretch of Highway 1, a place once described to me as “California’s Delphi.” The coastal community has long been a place of artistic and culinary pilgrimage, for folks in search of Big Sur Bakery scones (here’s hoping […]
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Chicago’s Most Exciting New Bar Program
This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more interviews, advice, and first-person perspectives. Dinner Party, presented by Capital One, is a yearlong series celebrating some of 2026’s most exciting new restaurants. Throughout the year, we’ll check in with teams in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C. to […]