Tinker, Tailor

An interview with Chef Sam Mason of Tailor.

The Rise of the Salt Tooth

The craze for salted sweets.

The Year in Food 2007

Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more.

The CHOW 13

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

that it is on one of my discount dining programs, I decided to risk it, and now I can say that even at full price, it would have been well worth it. As the chef, Sam Mason, was formerly pastry chef at WD-50, I might have expected...

Hungry for a buzz? Bartender Eben Freeman of New York’s Tailor presents booze you can eat.

Sam Mason's dessert tasting at WD-50 2 or 3 summers ago was one of the greatest food experiences I’ve ever had. So, I went to Tailor with big expectations, which I’m afraid was not a good idea. I went with 3 other...

Tony whips up some turkey for Queens of the Stone Age.

good. I’ve eaten at WD-50 before (and the now-gone 71 Clinton) so I’m not a stranger to this type of cuisine...in fact, I’d eaten at WD-50 while Sam Mason was in the kitchen. If you liked the basil/lemon curd...

Time Out New York dives into the world of chef groupies.

Sam Mason of Tailor is creative, but not as creative-good as Wylie Dufresne, I don’t think. I need to give Tailor one more try before I write it off, but I haven’t loved any of the dishes I’ve had, there, on my...

restaurant and typically like smaller chef driven places.

favorite pastry chef (not the molecular gas. type like Sam Mason) is Nicole Kaplan. When she was at EMP, she wow’ed me. When she moved to Del Posto, she wow’ed me even more. Now she is the pastry chef at The Plaza...

Last nite I went to a dear friend’s house in the South End for a DELICIOUS dinner party. After a couple of glasses wine with dinner (and a couple of martinis beforehand), my host informed me that the entire dinner was...

bargain in town! I believe WD-50 has just started offering lunch as well, so instead of a 11pm dinner, why not have lunch at WD-50? You can save the dinner at Tailor, run by former WD-50 pastry chef Sam Mason. They have savory +...