I've long admired Chef Andrew Carmellini of Locanda Verde. His cookbook, Urban Italian, is a staple in my kitchen. So I was thrilled to attend a cooking class with Chef Carmellini at the New York Culinary Experience this weekend. Each of the recipes Chef Carmellini shared evoked the harvest season in Italy. More

[Photos: Carey Jones] When Ed Levine first tasted Scott Conant's spaghetti with tomato and basil at Scarpetta, it was love at first bite. And he was hardly the only diner so enamored. While Scott Conant's trattoria has been widely... More

It's not until October 3 and 4, but tickets for New York Culinary Experience, the two-day gastro university, are now on sale. Read our accounts of last year's courses on Italian tuna with Tom Valenti, wagyu beef with Morimoto, and... More

Now that you have gotten perspectives on two very different classes from last weekend's New York Culinary Experience, I've got a look at one more: Italian comfort food. On Sunday afternoon I got a chance to learn Italian American cuisine... More

Is she really? Well, no. But that’s what the oh-so-Japanese Iron Chef Morimoto told a seminar at the New York Culinary Experience, so as to explain the Italian staples like mascarpone and mozzarella that found their way into his five-course... More

Over this past weekend, the New York Culinary Experience—sponsored by New York Magazine and held in the shiny kitchens of the downtown French Culinary Institute—offered two days of cooking classes from some of New York’s most celebrated chefs. With topics... More