“We normally associate cooking with exposing protein to flame,” said Anthony Bourdain at the Times Center, introducing chef Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who rarely cooks proteins by exposing them to flame, and even more rarely appears at food festivals like the one that took place in the meatpacking district this past weekend. Adrià is considered the forefather of molecular cooking, a maligned term that comes with manifestoes and conjures images of test tubes and lab......

Some of us might think that New York is the center of the world for many things, including food. The point is debatable, but at least for a few nights a year, it will be. Lee Schrager, the mastermind behind the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, is putting together the first ever New York City Wine & Food Festival from October 9 - 12. And given what he's done with South Beach, it will......