Reservations at Wakiya.

President Bush dines at Dooky Chase.

The Indian restaurant Devi closes.

At Johnny Utah’s.

Q and A with the chef Ivy Stark of Amalia.

A street vendor at the Red Hook ball fields in Brooklyn. (Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times)
First, there were the “administrative issues” that caused a one-week delay in the return of the vendors to the Red Hook ball fields in Brooklyn. When the season did start in May, there was the small difference that [...]

Glorious red meat at Craftsteak, Keen’s and Wolfgang’s Steakhouse. (Credit, left to right: Evan Sung for The New York Times; Philip Greenberg for the New York Times; Nicolas Goldberg for The New York Times)
I frequently get questions from colleagues, appeals from friends and calls and e-mails from strangers asking for personalized restaurant guidance. In fact, [...]

Howie, center, of “Top Chef 3″ is reminiscent of last season’s Marcel, left; Sara N. was eliminated last week. (Images courtesy of Bravo)
I’d fallen way, way behind on “Top Chef,” which I wrote about several times last year and again at the start of its current season, but I recently caught up.
Sort of. I [...]

Grand marshals of past and present: Lidia Bastianich, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren (Credit, left to right: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times; Associated Press; Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)
This week in Florence Fabricant’s “Off the Menu” column, she reports that Lidia Bastianich will be the first chef to serve as grand marshal of the Columbus Day Parade. [...]

About 500,000 American buffaloes are being raised, most of them on ranches like this one south of Rapid City, S.D. Their meat is finding new fans among diners and chefs. (Dick Kettlewell for The New York Times)
I’ve always felt sorry for food purveyors who want their products to shine at a conference but are [...]

Tom Colicchio answers some questions.

At Aquagrill.

Cheer for the Upper West Side.

How restaurant prices change.

The right to tap water.