Caroline Hatchett

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Caroline Hatchett |Zack Wittman

Share Couples huddled under umbrellas; anoraks poorly shielded fairgoers’ faces. But lining up an hour before the St. Ambrose Spring Fair officially started on this last Sunday in March was the only way to guarantee a piping-hot cup of Mary Ellen Masters’s Minorcan clam chowder. Rain be damned.The life of Mrs. Masters’s peppery chowder began four days earlier at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, where volunteers rendered salt pork and sautéed 18 cases of onions. Mrs.

1 week ago | muckrack.com | Caroline Hatchett

NEW YORK CITY restaurants are a sport for the bold—one that rewards chefs brave enough to sign leases in the most expensive city in the country, as well as the diners who surrender to those chefs’ visions. It’s that tension, the crackle of will-I-love-it risk and reward, that fuels America’s best food city. Sure, Los Angeles has superior produce, Houston matches its diversity, and New Orleans speaks its own delicious patois, but when it comes to edge and evolution, baby, it’s New York, New York.

2 weeks ago | plateonline.com | Caroline Hatchett

When Charles Namba and Courtney Kaplan opened Tsubaki in East L.A. seven years ago, they faced a familiar staffing reality. They couldn’t afford a pastry chef, which meant Namba had to develop an easy-to-execute, crowd-pleasing dessert. Enter hojicha tea soft serve simply presented in a glass cup or layered with textural goodies in a towering parfait. “Charles and I met at En Brasserie... Join for free to continue reading.

3 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Caroline Hatchett

Photo: Courtesy of Max Flatow New York restaurants are a sport for the bold — one that rewards chefs brave enough to sign leases in the most expensive city in the country, as well as the diners who surrender to those chefs’ visions. It’s that tension, the crackle of will-I-love-it risk and reward, that fuels America’s best food city.

1 month ago | plateonline.com | Matt Kirouac |Caroline Hatchett |Liz Grossman