Phaidon chefs succeed at the World's Best Restaurants Awards

The San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards at London's Guildhall honoured the best restaurants in the world

David Chang, of New York's Momofuku Ssäm Bar, was chosen to be in 'Coco' by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California.

Noma wins Best Restaurant in the World for the second year running

Now in its 10th year, the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards placed Copenhagen restaurant Noma best in the world

Behind the scenes at Copenhagen's Noma restaurant

A slice of history: the American angle on traditional Italian pizza

Bonnie Tsui investigates what constitutes a true pizza and why it's lovingly thought of as a national dish in the States

Stonebaked: how the Tuscan's cook their pizza

Shifting focus - the Decade interview: Harriet Quick

Where were you ten years ago? What are you doing today? Where will you be in ten years' time?

Harriet Quick

Shifting focus - the Decade interview: Nadja Swarovski

Where were you ten years ago? What are you doing today? Where will you be in ten years' time?

Nadja Swarovski photographed by Daniel King

What does it mean to eat locally? Morgan Maki explains

The chef behind 18 Reasons - the community space that shares food knowledge - talks to Bonnie Tsui about classes on butchery and food history

18 Reasons Chef, Morgan Maki

This is #MyOfficeChair, what's yours?

We spend far too long sitting at our desks at work, so we wanted to share the experience and know why you love or hate your office chair...

Which is your office chair?

'Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine' shortlisted for the James Beard Foundation Awards

René Redzepi's book about the number one restaurant in the world is nominated for two prestigious awards

Smoked quail egg from Noma photographed by Ditte Isager

Guinea Fowl in Porcini

A recipe from Tuscany

Guinea Fowl in Porcini

Garfagnina Ricotta Tart

A recipe from Tuscany

Garfagnina Ricotta Tart, a recipe from Tuscany

Cecina

A recipe from Tuscany

Cecina

Pistoian Style Chestnut Cake

A recipe from Tuscany

Pistoian Style Chestnut Cake

Etruscan Style Pici

A recipe from Tuscany

Etruscan Style Pici

Florentine Style Steak

A recipe from Tuscany

Florentine Style Steak

A bright idea: the Plumen 001 Lightbulb wins the Design Award

The stylish Plumen 001 low energy lightbulb wins the best design of the year at the Brit Insurance Design Awards for its ability to bring the extraordinary to the ordinary

Samuel Wilkinson and Hulger, Plumen 001 Lightbulb
Overall winner of the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011

Sarah McCrory reviews the Armory Show and Independent Art Fair in New York

The artists and artworks to be found in and around The Armory Show and Independent Art Fair

Theaster Gates, In the Event of Race Riot V (2011)
Reclaimed wood, metal, fire hoses
, 30” x 23” x 9”


Theatre and fetish at Paris Fashion Week, 2011

Great style will always prevail and seduce, Harriet Quick, Fashion Features Director at Vogue, reports.

Givenchy, Autumn - Winter ready-to-wear collection (2011), Paris Fashion Week

Damien Hirst and Gabriel Orozco, two conceptual artists, create two very different skulls

One is a 'chessboard' of black and white squares, the other covered in 8,000 diamonds, Alastair Smart reports.

Gabriel Orozco's 'Black Kites' (1997) and Damien Hirst's 'For Heaven's Sake' (1998)

Opulence is back on the menu at Milan Fashion Week

Harriet Quick, Fashion Features Director at British Vogue, reports on the return of silk, chiffon and fur

Aqualino Rimoldi, Ready-to-wear (Winter 2012), Milan Fashion Week

Knowing Kitaj: Marco Livingstone on his friendship with the artist

Livingstone's research for his thesis led to a lasting friendship with Kitaj until the artist's suicide

Marco Livingstone (1984), Oxford, UK

India Cookbook: voted best Indian cuisine cookbook in the world

India Cookbook takes first place at the Gourmand Cookbook Awards 2011 in Paris

India contains 1000 easy-to-follow, authentic recipes covering the length and breadth of the country.

Colour on the catwalk at London Fashion Week 2011

Harriet Quick, Fashion Features Director at British Vogue, reports from the front row

David Koma (l) and Holly Fulton (r), Autumn - Winter ready-to-wear 2011/2012 collections, London Fashion Week

State of play: an interview with David Rockwell

The architect and designer talks to Andrea Klettner about designing hotels, hospitals and playgrounds

David Rockwell

The breakdown of New York Fashion Week

'Strong and interesting all round', says Harriet Quick, Fashion Features Director at Vogue UK

Rodarte, Ready-to-Wear (Fall 2011), New York Fashion Week

Fresh off the boat: the local produce regenerating a San Francisco landmark

Bonnie Tsui on the foodie developments taking place at the city's old Ferry Building

Organic pomegranates, just some of the fresh and organic produce available in the San Francisco Ferry Buildings and piers

'Art is not about making a cheap joke at the expense of your subject' - Kutluğ Ataman

The Turkish artist talks exclusively to Phaidon.com about turning the camera on himself, his new project in Cambodia and why he wants to make films for the cinema

Kutluğ Ataman: 'The key work in this whole exhibition is 'Turkish Delight', in which I am belly dancing. The message I’m trying to give is

Christopher Kane wins the 2011 BFC Vogue Fashion Fund Award

Harriet Quick reports on the award to support British fashion talent

Christopher Kane, Spring/Summer 2011 Collection

To all film directors starting out: 'Surprise me!' says Christoph Terhechte

As the Berlin Film Festival opens this week, the head of programming for the Forum of New Cinema selects the films and directors to watch

Christoph Terhechte, Head of the Forum of New Cinema at the Berlin International Film Festival

Shifting focus - the Decade interview: Josh Olins

Where were you ten years ago? What are you doing today? Where will you be in ten years' time?

Josh Olins

'Risk, freedom and creativity' - Ferran Adrià unveils further details of the elBulli Foundation

After the announcement last Autumn that elBulli would re-open as a food 'laboratory', Phaidon.com has more details of the new venture and a new book by the chef

Ferran Adrià in his workshop at elBulli.
The restaurant, which was voted the best in the world five years in a row, will re-open in 2014 as a food 'laboratory'

Shifting focus - the Decade interview: The Bouroullec Brothers

Where were you ten years ago, what are you doing today, where will you be in ten years' time?

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

An interview with Bob Nickas, author and curator, on 'Looking Back'

The critic's final show at New York's White Column is based on his personal experience of art in the city


Germán del Sol - the Chilean architect in profile

Colin Barraclough on the man who brought design-minded architecture to some of Chile’s most remote terrain

Germán del Sol and José Cruz, Hotel explora en Patagonia (1995), Torres del Paine National Park

'The food's the thing' - Eataly, New York

Bonnie Tsui reviews the latest enterprise to come out of the Slow Food emporium

Oscar Farinetti (creator of Eataly) and Joe Bastianich (partner of Eataly) look on as Mario Batali takes and inaugural bite of rossopomodoro proffered by Mayor Michael Bloomburg at the opening of Eataly, New York

Coco chef close-up: Motokazu Nakamura

The quiet revolution of the Kyoto-based chef making centuries-old recipes 'taste superbly new'

Motokazu Nakamura

Child's play: David Rockwell's Imagination Playground

How the viewing platform at Ground Zero inspired a new kind of playground, 'where kids do what they do best: build, create, imagine'

David Rockwell's Imagination Playground

More things Japanese please

Harriet Quick on the eastern sensation sweeping the fashion world off its feet once again


All in good taste: Albert Roux and his son Michel Jr at The Landau

The restaurateur and two-star Michelin chef talk family, food and what it's like working together

Two-star Michelin chef Michel Roux Jr with his restaurateur chef father Albert Roux OBE, at The Landau

Turkey or Chicken and Bell Pepper Empanada

A recipe from The Book of Tapas

Turkey or Chicken and Bell Pepper Empanada

Maple Roast Vegetables

A recipe from What to Cook and How to Cook It

Maple Roast Vegetables

Roast chicken with lemon and leek stuffing

A recipe from What to Cook & How to Cook It

Roast Chicken, recipe can be adapted to roast turkey (see notes)

Selling out La Serenissima: has Venice been lost to the ad men?

Forget rising sea levels, say the critics, Venice is drowning in a wave of insensitive advertising. Alastair Smart investigates.

Canaletto, The Entrance to the Grand Canal, looking West, with Santa Maria della Salute (about 1729)

'The real will come to resemble the virtual': Philip Rosedale talks to Phaidon.com

The creator of Second Life on virtual architecture, a giant beanstalk and why office blocks will soon be a thing of the past


Calling the shots: the man every aspiring photographer wants to impress

Phaidon.com talks to Terence Pepper, Curator of the Taylor Wessing Prize at London's National Portrait Gallery

The 2010 winner of the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, David Chancellor's, Huntress with Buck, from the series, Hunters

Fashion doyenne Donatella Versace leads the way in fashion funding and awards

Harriet Quick reports on the rise of fashion awards and mentoring schemes for promising young designers

Donatella Versace helped out a young Christopher Kane with fabrics for his MA collection. 
Kane has gone on to design her Versus line

Coco chef close-up: Chris Salans

Our man in Bali on his inspirations and methods, what makes a good night out, and why his wife is the only person he'll let cook for him

Chris Salans at teaching in the cookery school at his restaurant, Mozaic, Bali

On the menu: Chris Salans' Valrhona Jivara milk chocolate mousse

A light chocolate mousse with cinnamon gelée, candied kumquats and caramelised almonds in a Spanish saffron syrup

Chris Salans' Valrhona Jivara Milk Chocolate Mouse

The Emerging Architecture Awards 2010

Andrea Klettner reports from the 'Architectural Review's' annual awards ceremony to celebrate the stars of tomorrow


'Masstige' - the 'high end designer on the high street' effect

H&M leads the way in bringing designer prestige to the fashion conscious masses

Lanvin for H&M campaign, photographed by David Sims

The 10 x 10/3 interview: Didier Fiuza Faustino

The Parisian artist/architect on the philosophy behind his work, building in South Korea, and why he'd choose Le marquis de Sade to design his house

Didier Fiuza Faustino

Fashion in Paris - there's nowhere like it, says Harriet Quick

A round up from Paris Fashion Week by the Fashion Features Director of British Vogue

The Louis Vuitton Summer 2011 Show, at Paris Fashion Week

Parisian food writer Clotilde Dusoulier on recipe adaptation

The French home cooking expert converts traditional French dishes for modern cooks


And the prize for the Architect of the Year goes to...

Andrea Klettner profiles the winning practices of 'Building Design's' prestigious awards

After much deliberation from the jury the prestigious Young Architect of the Year Award (YAYA) went to Kapil Gupta and Chris Lee from Serie Architects

On the menu: Anna Hansen's Sugar-cured shrimp omelet

Sugar-cured shrimp, scallions, cilantro and smoked chilli sambal


Coco chef close-up: Anna Hansen

From washing dishes for Fergus Henderson to founding The Modern Pantry


Martin Parr on curating the Brighton Photo Biennial

The distinguished Magnum photographer says you should visit the creative city by the sea


Banksy: from guerilla street art to The Simpsons

Has the elusive artist garnered the ultimate accolade with the American prime-time show or, as Alastair Smart sees it, sold-out?

Banksy, The Simpsons, opening and closing titles (2010)

Rice Pudding

Recipe taken from France: The Cookbook

Poached Apples with Rice Pudding

Toffees

Recipe taken from France: The Cookbook

Toffees

Onion Soup Gratin

Recipe taken from France: The Cookbook

Onion Soup Gratin

Poached Apples with Rice Pudding

Recipe taken from France: The Cookbook

Poached Apples with Rice Pudding

Framing a modern masterpiece

Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch in St. Louis is at the centre of a landscape competition

Eero Saarinen, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri, USA


Apple & blackberry crumble with custard

A recipe from What to Cook and How to Cook it


Motokazu Nakamura's Mackerel sushi

Simply mackerel, salt, vinegar, rice, rice vinegar and sake to taste

Motokazu Nakamura's Mackerel sushi






The 10 x 10/3 interview: Hiroshi Nakamura

One of Tokyo's rising stars explains why nature, rather than the metropolis, is the strongest influence on his architecture

Hiroshi Nakamura

Japanese erotic works and the world of Kitagawa Utamaro

Matthew Wilcox explores the art of shunga

Kitagawa Utamaro, Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, from Poem of the Pillow (1788)

Rum sauce

Recipe taken from I Know How to Cook

Chestnut and chocolate terrine

Light caramel

Recipe taken from I Know How to Cook

Chestnut and chocolate terrine

Chocolate icing

Recipe taken from France: The Cookbook

Chocolate cake with chocolate icing

Créme anglaise

Recipe taken from France: The Cookbook

Chestnut and chocolate terrine

Chestnut purée

Recipe taken from France: The Cookbook

Chestnut and chocolate terrine

Chocolate Pots

A recipe from What to Cook and How to Cook it


Brownie cheesecake

A recipe from Breakfast, Lunch, Tea

Brownie cheesecake

Chocolate cake

A recipe from France: The Cookbook

Chocolate cake with chocolate icing

Classic chocolate mousse

A recipe from Breakfast, Lunch, Tea

Classic chocolate mousse

Day 4 - René Redzepi forages in the Outback with an aboriginal community

Kangeroo tail and bush bananas, Laura Gladwin continues on the trail of the chef in South Australia

René Redzepi forages in Flinders Range in South Australia (2010)

Day 3 - the fish market, foraging in a car park, and at the Sydney Opera House

Fish for breakfast and foraging in unexpected places, Laura Gladwin reports from her adventure with the chef

René Redzepi joins Masterchef presenter Matt Preston at the fish market in central Sydney (2010)

Day 2 - René Redzepi forages in Middle Head, Sydney Australia

Laura Gladwin is on the trail of the intrepid chef Down Under for the Crave Sydney International Food Festival

René Redzepi and Mike Eggert in Middle Head, North Shore, Sydney, Australia (2010)

A sticky situation - the artist's response to one of 2010's defining disasters

Following the publication of BP's report on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Alastair Smart looks at the relationship between oil and art

Andrei Molodkin, Hope (2009)
Acrylic block filled with russian crude oil, 56x20x11cm, Ed.8

The Stirling Prize shortlist 2010

The low-down on this year's line-up for 'the feather in the cap' of the RIBA's s awards

Zaha Hadid, MAXXI: National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy

A round up from London Fashion Week

Harriet Quick reports on the capital currently in love with design

Alexander McQueen, looks from the last collection by the creative genius and unforgettable spirit, whose memorial took place at St. Paul's Cathedral this week

Ross Lovegrove's Eye Digital Camera

A camera more like a prosthetic than a product, says the designer


Globetrotter Case by Ross Lovegrove

The lightest luggage you can carry


Ross Lovegrove's Disc Camera

A snapshot from the designer on the award-winning design


Albert Watson awarded Centenary Medal

The British photographer is honoured with The Royal Photographic Society's prestigious award

Albert Watson

The inside track on the São Paulo Biennial

Chus Martinez, the associate curator for the contemporary art festival, on the São Paulo scene

Museu de Arte Moderne, São Paulo, Brazil

Chus Martinez selects 10 rising stars of the contemporary art scene

The leading international contemporary art curator picks the new best things

Chus Martinez, chief curator, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona and associate curator, 2010 Sao Paulo Biennial

A landmark commission

John Pawson talks to Phaidon.com about his plans to reconfigure London's old Commonwealth Building

The Parabola, as seen from Holland Park

Mixing heritage with Hockney

The art phenomenon sweeping through England's country houses

Marcos Lutyens and Alessandro Marianantoni, CO2morrow (2009), Seaton Delaval Hall, UK
Commissioned by the National Trust for the Royal Academy's Earth: Art for a Changing World exhibition. 
Currently on display in the grounds of Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland, until October 2010

A room with a view

Celebrating 50 years of Arne Jacobsen's SAS House

Arne Jacobsen, Room 606

Audi Urban Future Award

Berlin architect J. Mayer H. wins the inaugural Audi Urban Future Award

Berlin architect J. Mayer H. wins the inaugural Audi Urban Future Award

Coco chef close-up: David Chang

As the fashion world descends on New York, the chef behind some of the hottest new restaurants in the city talks to Phaidon.com

David Chang

Kyoto Town House by Alphaville

Opening up a small space to light


On the menu: David Chang's mackerel with kimchi puree

Mackerel, kimchi puree, oyster and radish

Mackerel with kimichi purée, oyster and radish