It was 11 years ago that I first visited Phayul, a Tibetan cafe hidden up a flight of stairs behind a beauty parlor in Jackson Heights. I distinctly recall noticing and wondering why a few of the dishes were laced with Sichuan peppercorns. The spice had a profound impact on a cuisine usually veering on the unspicy side, despite the occasional use of fresh green chiles.

Taking a date to a comedy club is always a risky move. You could get stuck sitting in front, where the comic can call you out and trap you in some twisted form of couples therapy, and your only food options are usually chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks. At this East Village Latin vegan restaurant, there’s a full-on comedy club in the back called St. Marks Comedy Club, where you can order platanos maduro supreme and plant-based crispy chicharron to stuff in your mouth when the comic asks you if you’re together together.

When Newark sous chef Reuben Dhanawade gathered family and friends at Wilmington's Piccolina Toscana earlier this month, he knew something they didn't. A really big something. They were about to watch the first episode of Food Network's monthlong, tournament-style "Desperately Seeking Sous Chef" series, which pits chefs against each other.

You can’t visit New York with teenagers and not eat pizza. Photograph: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images New York is a place that has left an indelible mark on me. There is something special about that city. Maybe it’s because it seems so familiar, we grew up with it imprinted on our imaginations. My wife and I have been several times, but on a recent visit, we had to consider our teenage daughters, who were accompanying us.

Is It Still Good? In the last few years, restaurants like Win Son, 886, Ho Foods, and Wenwen have popularized Taiwanese food in the city. These establishments introduced a wider audience to dishes like popcorn chicken, beef noodle soup, and fly’s heads — the facetiously named stir fry of ground pork, flowering garlic chives, chiles, and fermented black beans.

Before finding his passion for cooking, David and Victoria Beckham's son Brooklyn started careers as a soccer player, a photographer and a model Safe to say Brooklyn Peltz Beckham has felt the pressure of having a famous last name. Tatler magazine's new cover star, Nicola Peltz Beckham is opening up about the career struggles both she and her new husband have gone through.