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Independence Day on the Farm

Peach Perfect At Masumoto Family Farm, two chefs take local to the next level with peaches from their adopted trees.

Serving Up Restaurant Style For those who covet restaurant plates, these ceramicists create gorgeous pieces anyone can buy. Photographs by David Prince

Hall of Fame: 50 Best New Chefs We love all of our Best New Chefs from the past two decades, but these 50 exemplify four different kinds of success stories: as entrepreneurs, hometown heroes, creative visionaries or one-restaurant monogamists.

Independence Day on the Farm Chef Paul Virant, a sixth-generation Missourian, returns to his family’s horse farm to grill a sensational July Fourth meal.

Cancer & Creativity: One Chef’s True Story While undergoing treatment for tongue cancer, Grant Achatz temporarily lost his ability to taste. Paradoxically, it taught him brilliant new ways to create flavor.

Editor’s Letter

50 Hall of Fame Best New Chefs: Entrepreneurs From a sushi star with 21 restaurants worldwide to a bread mogul–turned–pizza expert, these nine chefs have used their talent to build empires.

50 Hall of Fame Best New Chefs: Hometown Heroes Not all chefs want to open in Vegas. Some stay loyal to the cities that launched their careers, opening two (or three, or four) terrific restaurants there.

50 Hall of Fame Best New Chefs: Monogamists Concentrating their efforts at a single restaurant—at least for now—these chefs are dedicated to making their places as perfect as they can be.

50 Hall of Fame Best New Chefs: Visionaries Driven by an idea—organics, avant-garde equipment, the ultimate pork bun—these men and women have inspired countless other chefs.

Five Most Exciting Restaurant Wine-List Trends Food & Wine's Megan Krigbaum reports on the latest sommelier obsessions.

Best New Chefs & Their Easiest Recipes Twenty years ago, we picked our first group of Best New Chefs—which included future megastars Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller. This year, we’re proud to have discovered the next Bouluds and Kellers. To find them, we solicited nominations from food insiders around the country, looking for chefs who’ve been in charge of kitchens for less than five years; then, our F&W editors tasted for themselves.

What Chefs Know Best: 30 Lessons from the Pros

Our Best New Chefs consistently amaze us with their kitchen wisdom. Here, past winners share their expertise with mini lessons on everything from how to make the ultimate panini to how to stock the perfect pantry.

Researched by Kristin Donnelly, Emily Kaiser, Megan Krigbaum and Jen Murphy

What Chefs Want to Know About Wine and Aren’t Afraid to Ask Most chefs willingly admit to knowing less about wine than they’d like. Maria Helm Sinskey, culinary director of Robert Sinskey Vineyards, invites some of Seattle’s biggest talents to a crash course: She brings the wine; they bring the food.

Superfast Snacks: Chef Inspirations Food & Wine magazine shares delicious ideas from Best New Chefs.

Columns

Equipment Philip Preston’s Inventions for Chefs
Travel Salt Lake City: Salumi Scion
Travel L.A. Nightlife Hit List
Travel Bozeman, MT: The Sweetest Stop
Wine Matters Buying Guide: The Wines Sommeliers Love
Fast Chef Tips For Speedy Dishes
Travel Food Across America: Bozeman, MT
Travel Food Across America: Salt Lake City
Travel Food Across America: Austin, TX
Chef Recipes Made Easy 10 Famous Chef Dishes Simplified
Travel A Hedonist’s Weekend In New Orleans
Last Bite Almond-Plum Tart
Home Antique French Kitchen Tools: 4 Dealer Favorites
Travel Austin, TX: A Roving Supper Club
Kitchens Best French Collectibles for the Kitchen
Speaking Out Understanding Wine: Scent & Sensibility
Home Where to Shop for French Collectibles
Equipment The Go-To Gadget Guy for Chefs
Well-Being The 100-Mile Workout Diet
Wine Matters The Wines Sommeliers Love to Hate
Travel Tom Colicchio Judges L.A.’s Nightlife
Tasting Room Top Picks From Star Importers
Travel New Orleans on Six Meals a Day

Wine Sommeliers’ Top Imported Wines
Wine Best New Wine Lists ’08
News & Notes Buying Chiles
News & Notes Buying Fish
News & Notes Choosing a Knife
News & Notes Cooking Like a Latino
News & Notes Creating a Wine Registry
News & Notes Dressing a Salad
News & Notes Matching Wines
News & Notes Outstanding Bacon
News & Notes Preparing Perfect Steak
News & Notes Prepping Party Food
News & Notes Sharpening a Knife
News & Notes Storing Cheese
News & Notes Tasty Broth
News & Notes Top Country Ham
News & Notes Using Butter
News & Notes Using Great Inexpensive Tools
News & Notes Preparing Whole Fish
Wine The Scent Squad

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