Amy Mckeever

How fondue and raclette are seducing a new generation of diners

After years of delay, Kevin Sousa is (almost) ready to open his restaurant

We’re in the midst of a golden age for dining while traveling. Well-known chefs like Rick Bayless, Michael Voltaggio, and Mike Isabella have casual concepts in major airports across the country. Respected local restaurateurs have reinvigorated Denver’s Union Station. Shake Shack has invaded both airports and train stations. And yet road-trippers are still mostly stuck with McDonald’s. National chain restaurants are ubiquitous along American highways. Stop in at any service plaza — a combined gas…

It’s not even 7 p.m. on a Tuesday in the small town of La Mesa, New Mexico, just north of the Texas border, and there’s already a waitlist at Chope’s Town Bar & Cafe. In the foyer of the main ranch-style adobe building, Albert and Ella Avila wait on a bench for one of Chope’s red vinyl-lined tables to open up, having driven half an hour from Las Cruces to celebrate their son’s visit from New York. They raised their four kids on the restaurant’s enchiladas and chiles rellenos — even in the womb,…

In How I Got My Job, folks from across the food and restaurant industry answer Eater’s questions about, well, how they got their job. Today’s installment: Evan Sung. Evan Sung didn’t set out to be a food photographer. After graduating from New York University with a degree in psychology, Sung was planning to go for a doctorate in comparative literature when he was sidetracked by photography. His first job shooting a restaurant came as an accident, too. But it wasn’t mere chance that turned Sung…

She married her love of hospitality work and her law degree to forge a unique career path

He found his niche in the culinary world

She had a stint in the Facebook kitchen, too

Souvla founder Charles Bililies on working his way up to CEO (and paying back his investors in less than a year)

Karen Herold left the fashion world to create some of Chicago’s most memorable restaurants