Taste Buds

Three generations of cooks share their personal trajectories and horrifying training experiences, and grapple with how to push back against a culture of machismo and burnout.

Should aspiring chefs go to culinary school? What’s ‘the mandatory fourteen’? How do you ask for a raise when you’re earning less than minimum wage?

Are over-the-top food trends trumping taste? Have you been dousing your food in knock-off Sriracha? And should restaurants accommodate their customers, even when it means making their food worse?

Corey has dinner with two former vegans at a steakhouse that serves $1200 steaks.

What happens when a restaurant owner sits down with the critic she blames for killing her business?