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Hits & Flops November 2009
Hits and Flops
There's no accounting for taste. Four chefs ponder the mysteries of customers going wild for some dishes while roundly rejecting others.
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Hamming it Up
Mystery Basket
There's no cure for fresh ham fever, as three chefs find out when they take on the challenge of cooking with this large piece of pork. Jim Poris fi...
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Fall/Winter Menu Preview 2009
Menu Preview
Baby, it's getting colder outside. So what's cooking? Judiaann Woo investigates how chefs from coast to coast plan on lighting a fire under their c...
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Hits & Flops May 2009
Hits and Flops
Ah, fickle diners: they love your food when it's great; they dislike your food when it's great. What gives? Six chefs tell Judiaann Woo their highs...
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Everything but the Cluck
Mystery Basket
Three chefs find out that you think you know chicken until you're challenged to cook one. Jim Poris reveals their revelations.
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Spring/Summer Menu Preview 2009
Menu Preview
Amazing how many styles of cooking five chefs can high-step down the kitchen runway in anticipation of the seasons just ahead!
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...And This Little Piggy?
Mystery Basket
There are better ways to present a suckling pig than with an apple wedged in its mouth, as these three chefs demonstrate.
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Fall/Winter Menu Preview 2008
Menu Preview
Faced with the windfalls of autumn and the relative austerity that follows, seven chefs display equal measures of aplomb and flair.
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Hits & Flops May 2008
Hits and Flops
Eight ethnically rooted chefs fearlessly bring a corner of the world to adventurous diners. Sometimes the thrill of the new hits home, and sometime...
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Shouldering Lamb
Mystery Basket
Four chefs sort through a grab bag of ingredients to find which suit a dish built around lamb shoulder.
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Spring/Summer Menu Preview 2008
Menu Preview
Seven chefs warm up to all that's fresh, seasonal, and local. Irene Sax reveals how their dishes will fare.
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Hits & Flops November 2007
Hits and Flops
The yin and yang of creativity as counted by seven chefs' POS systems. Irene Sax chronicles how they view the mood swings of fickle clientele.
