As a young boy growing up in Japan, Nobu Matsuhisa dreamed of becoming a sushi chef in a restaurant where he could create his own menu. It took more than 30 years of experimentation, failure and incompatible business partners to reach his goal, as he worked his way from dishwasher in Tokyo to co-owner of a small sushi establishment in Lima, Peru.
As many as 400 people may have gotten sick after eating at a renowned Michelin-starred restaurant in England, health authorities said Friday.
Across the city, Angelenos fuel up at gleaming, brightly painted taco trucks for a dinner or late-night snack of tortas, quesadillas and burritos (but mostly tacos). Here are a few of the best trucks.
In London you can sample food from anywhere in the world. The city boasts excellent eateries serving everything from Ethiopian to Peruvian cuisine, but right now traditional British food is having something of a revival, showcasing the best seasonal ingredients the isles have to offer.
Breakfast with coffee and a pastry in the sunshine in one of Florence's many squares -- we like to people-watch at Cavalli's Giacosa (Via della Spada, 10) or Caffè Rivoire (Piazza della Signoria).
Although not famed for its home-grown cuisine, there's some excellent dining to be had in Berlin. Alongside the more traditional French restaurants, such as the superb Margaux (Unter den Linden 78), there is also a huge variety of quality ethnic food, including Turkish, Ethiopian and Moroccan eateries.
Last year, the Michelin guide's first foray into Tokyo left the city with some 190 Michelin stars, compared with 95 in Paris and 50 in London and New York. Of course, that's partly down to the sheer number of eateries in Tokyo -- estimated at more than 180,000 establishments -- but it's also testimony to the reverence Tokyoites have for fresh ingredients prepared with the utmost care.
As you might expect from a city that has districts called Little Havana and Little Haiti, there's no shortage of hearty Cuban and Caribbean cuisine in Miami, but the city's elaborate mix of immigrants has also resulted in some fascinating culinary fusions.
Thousands of mourners and emissaries from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Chabad movement poured into an Israeli village Tuesday for the funerals of two people killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
On the day he found Santo Stefano di Sessanio, the ancient Italian village that would change his life, Daniele Kihlgren was lost. He had set out on his motorcycle to explore the Abruzzi mountains, two hours east of Rome, and was trying to locate a back road from the ruins of a medieval castle to a gorgeous high Alpine plain known as the Campo Imperatore. Instead, he stumbled across a tiny fortified town of narrow alleyways and crumbling stone buildings.
Health authorities in Hong Kong have found more eggs contaminated with the chemical melamine.
San Francisco's hippest upscale shopping district used to be one of its seediest.
Thailand's state news agency says Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag has resigned, but government officials are refusing to confirm the report
Whether you're hosting a formal party or just throwing together snacks for drinks with friends, we've got ideas for transforming carryout into crowd-pleasing cuisine. Everyone will assume your sink is stacked with dirty pots and pans. (And if you keep them out of the kitchen, they'll never know the truth.)
Two teenage girls used DNA bar coding to determine that some sushi on New York dinner plates was mislabeled with cheaper fish being passed off as a more expensive species.
Nibble your way through Charlotte, North Carolina, and you'll taste the New South. Shining on the Piedmont with a modern skyline and brimming with emerging restaurants, this is a city that savors the fresh and the new.
An immigration raid at an Iowa meatpacking plant has got kosher beef sellers across the country worried about the New Year rush
Food is a huge part of any destination for me, and my home base -- Atlanta, Georgia -- is no exception.
Eleven hundred and six steep, stone steps that never seem to end.
The Daily Telegraph and other British newspapers reported Friday that lifestyle guru was denied permission to enter the country because of her 2004 conviction for obstructing justice
These are trying times for talent scouts. Not long ago, a classic "bird-dog" like Jerry Krause could make a stealth trip to central Arkansas, find a versatile swingman and acquire him before other teams had ever seen the guy play. Imagine the equivalent of Scottie Pippen today: His first-triple would be posted on You Tube before sunrise. By which time, some scouting service would have posted his seventh-grade stats on a Web site.
• Enchanted star Amy Adams, cracking her fortune cookie after lunching at New York's Tao. So, what was the message? According to a source, Adams beamed as she read: "Smile if you got lucky last night." Eating with some friends, Adams indulged in chicken pad thai and espresso (Adams had two!), among other dishes.
Space, the final frontier, is about to add an Asian flavor.
Chinese-made frozen food has sickened ten people in Japan, prompting recalls and charges of deliberate poisoning. But both governments are eager to avoid escalating the conflict
Beijing and the Olympics are going Kosher.
Of all of Mexico's attractions - white sand beaches, majestic ruins, the afternoon margarita - my favorite must be the mercado.
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The Jules Verne restaurant atop the Eiffel Tower reopens, managed by chef Alain Ducasse. CNN's Helena Demoura reports.
As more and more of you dream and scheme your vacations around unforgettable meals, T+L has searched far and wide -- through eight cities across four continents, to be precise -- to unearth the world's greatest new dining experiences.
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The Greek island of Hydra (two hours south of Athens by hydrofoil) has one town, no real roads, no cars, not even any bikes. Zippy taxi boats whisk you from the brisk little port to isolated beaches and tavernas. Sure-footed beasts of burden climb stepped lanes -- laden with everything from sandbags and bathtubs to bottled water. Behind each mule-train toils a human pooper-scooper. I imagine picking up after your beast is required.
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CNN's Christine Romans reports that recent beef recalls have renewed calls for country-of-origin labeling.
Thumping dance music, waiters darting from the kitchen with hot plates, children chasing balloons. "It's rocking," says 23-year-old software engineer Nishant Gupta, squirting ketchup onto his pizza before dipping it in a mound of mustard and taking a bite.
The Pacific black cod, or sablefish, with miso has become one of the most famous dishes at all of the Nobu restaurants. Here we use the same technique and cooking method with Atlantic cod, halibut and salmon. Some of our customers like to squeeze fresh lemon juice over the top to balance out the sweetness of the Saikyo miso, but this is a matter of personal taste.
The name Nobu is synonymous with fashionable dining rooms and expensive menus, and celebrities flock to eat and be seen at one of the world's hippest restaurant chains.
My recent travels in Burgundy have caused me to think a lot about the French. The great issues of the day seem to deal with food and wine.
A migrant community whose disposable income runs to billions has become a prized market for high-street banks, supermarkets and bookstores
The FDA alert has made aficionados of raw fish nervous. Here's how to navigate through a newly anxious marketplace
The NFL has the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the NHL has the Stanley Cup -- and Major League Eating has the Yellow Mustard Belt, which is up for grabs again this July 4 in the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on New York's Coney Island. The event will be as hotly-contested as ever as American fan favorite Joey Chestnut seeks to take down Takeru Kobayashi's hot dog dynasty.
A restaurant in Spain has been named by an international panel of judges as the World's Best Restaurant for the second year running.
MIAMI -- There's a lot of "World" in the newest of the World Golf Championships, the CA Championship at Doral Resort in Miami this week, and that's just in the media dining room.
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The Pacific black cod, or sablefish, with miso has become one of the most famous dishes at all of the Nobu restaurants. Here we use the same technique and cooking method with Atlantic cod, halibut and salmon. Some of our customers like to squeeze fresh lemon juice over the top to balance out the sweetness of the Saikyo miso, but this is a matter of personal taste.
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Check out The Scene's recommendations for Seville. Is your favorite spot not here? Send us your suggestions.
Japanese restaurant chain Benihana, known for its knife-and-pepper-grinder-juggling chefs, is remodeling and expanding, feeding sales and earnings growth for 2007.
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Fish tacos, ulu, misoyaki, lihing mui -- cuisine in Hawaii features twists on standards and a variety of exotic and tasty treats all their own.
Many of the restaurants on California's Monterey Peninsula are aimed at out-of-towners. Lovely views of the sunset on Monterey Bay are supposed to compensate for overpriced, mediocre food, all too often served in faux seafaring surroundings. The best spots, not surprisingly, are more inconspicuous, beyond the bustle.
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Few places in the world pack so many contrasts in such a small space as Hong Kong.
Mackerel has always been a poor man's fish in Japan. Called saba in Japanese, the oily species spoils so rapidly that "it starts stinking while it's still swimming," according to an old saying. Eve...
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The city once known for really dreary food -- from meat to potatoes and back -- has learned to lighten up. Even vegetarians can have a fulfilling experience.
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The Midtown Manhattan branch of Megu, set to open in April on the ground floor of the new 90-story Trump World Tower, will feature much of what you've come to expect from a celebrity chef's latest ...
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If you've got kimchi in your fridge, it's hard to keep it a secret. Kimchi, made from fermented cabbage seasoned with garlic and chili, is served with most meals in Korea, but when it's stored insi...
We searched Washington, D.C., for the ultimate value meal: great tasting, excellent service, unique atmosphere, and -- hardest of all -- close to the sites and attractions you want to see.
Here are some of the recipes mentioned in the article "Sinful tastes, healthy eating" from Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson's "Juice!":
Here are some of the recipes mentioned in the article "Sinful tastes, healthy eating" from Giada De Laurentiis' "Everyday Italian":
As the holiday season approaches and party planning begins, the season's new cookbooks provide a variety of delectable bites that will make your family gatherings unforgettable.
Advanced Fresh Concepts (AFC) sells more sushi than anyone else in America—nearly $250 million worth of its Southern Tsunami brand Nigiri and Makimono each year. That's 300 tons of fish, 20 million...
It's autumn in Italy, when even soccer fans become preoccupied with something more important: food.
The Donald pit teams Apex and Mosaic in a cold competition in Thursday night's episode of "The Apprentice." But what does it take to come up with some scintillating ice cream flavors in real life?
Julia Child, who revolutionized cooking in the United States with her cooking school, cookbooks and television shows, has died, according to a statement from her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. She was 91.
This past April, my parents came to our house for the Jewish holiday of Passover.
This past April, my parents came to our house for the Jewish holiday of Passover. Nothing unusual there. Seder with all the trimmings--from matzo balls to potato kugel--has become my holiday meal, ...
You're traveling on business this summer and find yourself with a few hours to kill. No client to satisfy. No kids to entertain. Just you--itching to fill your belly, slake your thirst, and relax i...
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Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey Jr. will receive this year's Hasty Pudding awards at Harvard University.
Food fans in Southern China are being lured to restaurants run by two of the finest French chefs in the world, as the Francophile cuisine takes off in this part of the world.
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When you order Chinese takeout, you probably don't think much about those ubiquitous little soy sauce and mustard packets that come with your Hunan chicken and pork-fried rice. And even if you do, ...
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Tom Stoppard recently explained to the New York Times that when his plays start their U.S. runs in San Francisco, his real competition isn't other theaters, it's restaurants. Now, thanks to the exp...
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Move over, jellied eels and Cornish pasties. British cuisine may soon include straw. SkyWay Technology, a small engineering company in the north of England, has devised a method to grind the stubbl...
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