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The top hotels and restaurants take pride in cooking with only the finest ingredients but soaring prices is forcing a rethink in their kitchens. More expensive is not always better, it seems.

Who is the world’s greatest living chef? As always when showering superlatives on a subject, it all depends on how you define the term. If it’s bespoke iconoclastic creativity you’re after, few would argue against Ferran Adrià, of El Bulli fame, being your man. But while it’s hard to avoid descriptions of the Catalan chef’s undeniable genius, actually experiencing it – actually getting to try …

When I was was little we would go to Jamaica regularly,” says north London-born chef Patrick Williams. “At my aunt’s place near Spanish Town there were five different types of mango trees, ackee trees, coconut trees; you could walk up the street and cut green bananas from the side of the road. The food we ate was all grown locally and cooked with things like pimento, garlic, thyme and Scotch …

And with one mighty leap, Tom Aiken is in the room. Unlike the food at his three Cale Street establishments – the flagship venue Tom Aiken (one Michelin star, soon to be two), Tom’s Kitchen (bistro dining) or Tom’s Place (upmarket, eco-friendly and as close to a chippy as Chelsea allows), the chef-proprietor serves himself up late.

John Tesar, of Dallas’ famed “Mansion” restaurant, accepted our “Chef on a Shoestring” challenge – with a menu of Grapefruit, Avocado & Bleu Cheese Salad, Pork Milanese with Tomato Arugula Salad, and Cherry Chocolate Bread Pudding.

MAX’S Restaurant, the country’s premier fast-casual dining destination, has introduced another trio of its celebrated merienda (snacks) meals at a launch held at Max’s sole branch in Mindanao, which is Cagayan de Oro City and was participated by local press.

Eddie Papa’s calls itself an “American hangout,” and the sprawling restaurant in Pleasanton has a menu of U.S. regional set pieces and a fine bar.

The gloom of an eight-hour workday can dull the five senses, but a sweet escape to Caribbean Breeze is…

Talk about the icing on the cake. Last week, we received several wonderful frosting recipes in response to an anonymous reader’s request, and this week we’ve been the recipient of even more.