interviews

Video Time

Video: Bryce And Jack Gilmore On Keeping It A Family Business

Two generations of Austin restaurant legends

Jun 13, 2013 11:01 am

With Father’s Day upon us, here’s a colorful exchange between Austin culinary legends Bryce and Jack Gilmore. “The rule was, you couldn’t burn the house down,” half-jokes Jack about his family's Thanksgiving tradition. Watch the video interview, after the jump.

FR Interview

Raymond Sokolov: A Ravenous Food Blogger, Writing Before Blogs Were Invented

Meet the journalist and food anthropologist

Jun 13, 2013 9:01 am

For over 40 years, Raymond Sokolov has written extensively about all aspects of the food universe, including feature-length articles, cookbooks, the occasional gossipy takedown and several hundred restaurant reviews. We recently got to know him better over bowls of kimchi stew in NYC's Koreatown, for the latest installment of the FR Interview.

Good Food, Rocks

The 7 Highest Lines From Wiz Khalifa And Wavves ‘Edibles’ Taste Test

Rolling Stone magazine with an investigation

Jun 12, 2013 4:21 pm

Rolling Stone called in the big guns: Wiz Khalifa and Nathan Williams, frontman of the band Wavves, to taste test a bunch of edibles with names like Chocolope OG Cake Pop and Melt in Your Mind Pecan Pie. We pulled the best lines.

FR Interview

Into The Wild With Charlie Palmer

The chef's new cookbook is for the outdoor gourmet

Jun 6, 2013 9:01 am

Photo: Bill Milne

Charlie Palmer talks about the old and the new Aureole in NYC, his cookbook with Remington Arms, his California ventures and more in this candid chat, the latest installment of a little feature we like to call the FR Interview!

Chef Talk

'10 Things I Hate' With Scott Conant

What can this star chef absolutely not stand?

Jun 4, 2013 10:01 am

Life is filled with wonderful things and terrible things. "I Hate This" is a chance for people in the food world to get things off their chest. We ask them what they hate, they give us a list. First up is Scott Conant, head of the excellent Scarpetta empire and professional television food judge.

Food Republic Roundups

25 Really Smart Food People We Got To Know Better In May

Jamie Oliver, Reggie Watts, the FR Grilling Gods

May 31, 2013 2:02 pm

Here at Food Republic we not only work hard to bring you stories that revolve around food — after all the word is in our name, and in our blood. But we also like to attack the culture surrounding food. From many directions. That is why throughout the month of May we brought you stories about Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day and how Bryan Voltaggio doesn’t mess with veggie burgers. We found out that comedian Todd Barry has never used his stove and that New York’s meat-centric restaurant The Spotted Pig went vegetarian for an evening. Read ahead...

New York City

For Damon Wise, French Food Never Left New York. And It's Sure There Now.

Lafayette chef de cuisine on the first six weeks

May 30, 2013 9:01 am

“When we open at 5:30, it’s literally like a bomb goes off,” says Damon Wise, chef de cuisine at New York City’s nuclear-grade restaurant Lafayette. The sprawling NoHo brasserie opened less than six weeks ago. We stop by to see how things are going at New York's hottest restaurant.

Grilling Month

Grilling God: Erik Bruner-Yang

He grills to a soundtrack of '60s psych rock

May 22, 2013 2:01 pm

May is Grilling Month at Food Republic, where we are offering pro tips from chefs and other well-known grilling gods. Up next, Washington D.C. chef Erik Bruner-Yang.