A new smartphone application called Recco is, at its core, a recommendation service for foodies with short attention spans.

In the last year or so, a half-dozen new places inspired by Rome, not the inevitable Tuscany, have opened around town.

Southern fried chicken is spreading fast in New York City. But from Japanese wing joints to carbon copies of Korean fast food, there’s far more to taste in fried chicken than just crust.

For a handful of the city’s professional cooks, a star turn on the Bravo television series “Top Chef” brought a flurry of attention. Then came the hard part.

A guide to places to eat along the 26.2-mile course of the New York City Marathon.

When it comes to dining out, New York can be a provincial place with many New Yorkers refusing to leave their own neighborhoods for dinner.

Whisked into sautéed greens or crumbled on top of pasta as a creamy-sharp garnish, ricotta has become inescapable in the city’s more adventurous Italian kitchens.

Seven challengers take on the mighty meatball parm and the elegant B.L.T. to become New York’s next best sandwich.

Far from dead, as it had recently seemed, traditional French food is back in style at new and forthcoming restaurants.

La Sirène, which opened last spring and operates on a shoestring, will charm many people turned off by the vacuous polish and higher prices elsewhere.