by Sarah Strong | Jan 20, 2020 | Chefs, Dining, Featured, Lifestyle, Nutrition, NYC, Restaurants
Where can you find a chemical engineer and a would-be forensic psychologist collaborating on a tartine? High Street on Hudson, the all-day restaurant in the West Village, where head baker and partner Melissa Weller and chef Mary Attea have teamed up to revamp...
by Grace Capobianco | Jan 6, 2020 | Dining, Featured, Indulgence, NYC, Restaurants
As I write this article, my mouth is watering, and I find myself wishing that I was sitting down for another meal at Pasta Eater, a new Southern Italian eatery in Union Square. One of Downtown’s long-time editors Jackie Grupe, and I had the distinct pleasure of...
by Lucy Dondero | Jul 31, 2019 | Chefs, Dining, Featured
ADRIENNE CHEATHAM worked for Marcus Samuelsson and Eric Ripert; was a runner-up on Top Chef; and hosts Sunday Best, a monthly dinner series, in Harlem. 1. Name three women that inspire you, and tell us why.Susan Tentler, my mother, forged a path through the food...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 25, 2019 | Chefs, Culture
LIDIA BASTIANICH Emmy award-winning public television host, seven-time James Beard award winner, best -selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Lidia has married her two passions in life—her family and food, to...
by Nicole Haddad | May 8, 2019 | Chefs, Dining, Featured, Restaurants
Chef Natalia Lucia Vallejo. Chef Natalia Vallejo, a one-woman powerhouse, is a culinary artist bringing Puerto Rican cuisine to the forefront of the farm-to-table and sea-to-land movement. Though Vallejo began her culinary studies in Puerto Rico, she took off to...
