That cake on the cover of Food & Wine, fancy food for Black Restaurant Week, and reviews of Wazwan, Valhalla, Le Select, and Le Midi

Soul food gets fancy, talking Chicago classics with David Hammond, and reviews of Le Select, Babygold, and Eastern European food

Weed and doughnuts from a CPS bigshot in Wheeling, more about Atelier's new chef, Bill's the best, and look who has a podcast now

Beard semifinalists get more casual, pizza for dogs, AI eats Alinea, and reviews of Sugar Moon Bakery, Gino & Marty's, Gioia, and Ragadan

Iliana Regan is coming back (briefly), reviews of Indienne and Valhalla, Restaurant Week tips, and making The Menu's burger

Comparing Jose Andres' places, Tamil soul food, Bonhomme design and watching the skies for aliens at After

Bombs away on Bambola, why a French chef is opening a Mexican Fonda, and why I'm not writing about Dry January

Long live The Bristol, all the bests of '22, an Instagram look at Kyoten, and Pete Wells on star ratings

Banchets Back (in a year or so), coffee around the world, Christmas traditions from Ukraine and Venezuela, and my reviews of Rose Mary and Fora

Eight days of nosh, truffles: threat or menace, how Smyth recovered from lockdown, and reviews of Scofflaw, The Meadowlark, and After