Age: 30. Why he's rising: This ranch-trained chef prepares simple, flavorful food in the tradition of chuckwagon cooking gone upscale. The restaurant is named for the ranch in Edna Ferber's book, Giant, (also made into an Academy Award-winning...
Age: 31. Why he's rising: The 40-seat Rouge 99 (it opened as Rouge 98 and adds a digit each year) is an intimate room on Philadelphia's historic Rittenhouse Square that oozes with turn-of-the-century European ambiance, but whose cuisine is New...
Age: 30. Why he's rising : Brought both energy and style to Boston's South End, leading the way for the area's culinary transformation from no man's land to hot spot. His calling card: assertive flavors and polished presentations. Background...
