Rubbed with a blend of garlic and herbs, the roast boasts a flavorful crust and tender, juicy meat, and the vegetables are packed with flavor.

Cooking fish in your home kitchen can be unforgiving. Overcook by a few minutes and it’s too dry. Skip a step and you end up with a bland fillet.

In over 50 categories spanning 13 cities, the winners comprise a diverse bunch of the finest and most interesting chefs, operators and characters in the country.

Four Chicago chefs were in the first group and had to prepare a dish with pork. The second group had to work with rabbit.

By ALINA DIZIK Had enough bacon ice cream and Korean barbecue? The next food trend-in-the-making may be for you—Ye Olde Recipe. Chefs are raiding ancient Roman texts, Renaissance manuscripts and 19th-century American cookbooks in search of authentic old recipes with which to tempt jaded foodies. Many of the recipes call for unfamiliar—and somewhat unappetizing—ingredients like [...]

by Joe Campagna Tony Mantuano chef de cuisine Meg Colleran Sahs will host the second annual event Farm to Fork Fest on October 13 at Terzo Piano featuring many top local farmers. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. on the Bluhm Terrace with a cocktail hour and booths showcasing each farmer. Guests will get to [...]

By www.naplesnews.com Several iconic names, including Wolfgang Puck, headline the slate of celebrity chefs for the 2012 Naples Winter Wine Festival Jan. 27 to 29. The chef de cuisine is Tony Mantuano, executive chef and partner of Chicago’s landmark Spiaggia. The roster of 17 chefs participating in the multimillion-dollar charity wine event were selected by [...]

By Nate Chura Chef Jim Abbey is the U.S. Open’s No. 1 chef — he’s been the chief executive of food for the Open for six years. Though he calls home Charlotte, North Carolina, Abbey is never really far from New York, and, much like the players, he spends all year planning for the Open [...]

By Amy Chen (MONEY Magazine) — Don’t follow the crowds to Napa or Bordeaux this fall. You’ll save nearly 40% on lodging at these locations — and the vino is cheaper, too. Willamette Valley, Ore. Many of the 200-plus wineries here are known for fine Pinot Noir. “Smaller producers such as Iota Cellars and Z’IVO [...]

by Samantha Lande Bistro 110 has only been closed about two weeks but the transition to Tony Mantuano’s latest project is in full force. The once-French restaurant will become a casual and modern Italian bar slated to open in the Gold Coast space late September. Mantuano tweeted this morning, “My new restaurant will be BAR [...]