• Young Guns

The Most Imaginative Desserts in Los Angeles

At LA restaurant Nightshade, pastry chef Max Boonthanakit’s desserts are playful and pleasurable objects of art

Why Are You Still Drinking LaCroix?

A generation was tricked into drinking poorly flavored seltzer, but there’s a better option

We’ve Entered the Era of the Large Adult Meatball

Unpacking a primal attraction to Olive Garden’s "Giant Italian Classic," an inexplicably huge ball of meat

• IDK

25 Blistering Food Takes to Set the Internet on Fire

Prepare to defend your strongly-held food beliefs on Twitter

• Young Guns Awards

Meet the Eater Young Guns Class of ’19

These up-and-comers are the rising stars of the restaurant world

• Cookbooks

The Best Cookbooks of Spring 2019

Including new recipes from Franklin Barbecue, Republique, and Salt & Straw

The Eater Guide to the Whole World

Eat like a local, everywhere

• Eater 38

America’s 38 Essential Restaurants

The fine dining stunners, neighborhood charmers, and regional vanguards that show us who we are and how we eat

• America's Essential Restaurants

The 18 Best New Restaurants in America

From LA to DC, the dishes emerging from the country’s most exciting restaurants narrate personal stories like never before