You can't get much bigger than being chef/ owner of an Esquire "Best New Restaurant," which Gordon Drysdale was in 2000 when he ran Gordon's House of Fine Eats in San Francisco. But he might surpass that mark in his...
At The Pinnacle: Beard Award winners for outstanding restaurant Rick and Deann Bayless (top); Michel Richard (below), outstanding chef honoree. Salute!: Momofuku Noodle Bar chef/owner David Chang, the...
She first drew national attention for her work at San Francisco's Fog City Diner in the 1980s. But even back then Cindy Pawlcyn was helping to redefine American food by incorporating small plates onto her menu, with...