During my vacation, I read Anthony Bourdain's new book, Medium Raw, an uneven collection of essays in which the chef-cum-writer turns his jaundiced eye to a number of subjects, including José Andrés (a hero), Alan Richman (a douchebag), David Chang (the future of dining), and Alice Waters (an apolitical sensualist). But late in the book, [...]

In the debut (and perhaps only) episode of Avec Alan,  GQ's food and wine critic Alan Richman takes celebrity chef Eric Ripert to Costco and then prepares a multi-course meal based on the ingredients they buy. What does Ripert think about Costco? Check out his quote on Serious Eats. Then check out the video. The [...]

First it was Esquire, which recently stirred the pot by selecting Blue Ridge's Barton Seaver as chef of the year. Now comes GQ, which just named José Andrés as its chef of the year. GQ's Alan Richman virtually gushes over Andrés and his approach to tapas: America in recent years has became obsessed with undersized [...]

Pepe's Pizza – New Haven, CT from pophangover on Vimeo. A few weeks ago, GQ's Alan Richman, the critic who last year won the coveted Golden Clog Douchebag award as "the journalist who actually HATES food and hates the people who make food even more," presented his list of America's 25 best pizzas. The list, as these [...]