Melanie Hansche

Food & Wine's Best New Chef Mentorship Program includes professional programming hosted with industry leaders annually and is designed to empower each class of Best New Chefs with the tools to navigate their newfound fame and publicity in ways that benefits their staff and their careers. These are some of the most valuable lessons of the last seven years.

The cruise industry has been doubling down on the quality of food and drink experiences, luring big name celebrity chefs to open restaurants on cruise ships, curating extraordinary wine cellars on board cruise ships, and arranging visits to exclusive restaurants on shore. These are the best food-forward cruises to take in 2025.

Ease is the name of the game all summer long with simple recipes and tips for hosting and entertaining to make your next summer soiree the best one yet.

One of the best airports for culinary-driven travelers among the 2024 Global Tastemakers awards, Munich Airport (aka Franz Josef Strauss Airport) elevates local flavor and hospitality with a gourmet delicatessen, brewpubs, a grocery store, and a winter market from mid-November until late December.

The 2024 Global Tastemakers panel of food and travel experts recognize Melbourne as one of the best cities in the world for bakeries. Find Vietnamese steam-baked baguettes at Phuoc Tan, ricotta-filled cannoli at Cannoli Bar, layer cakes at Mietta, colorful fried crullers at Moon, and iconic Australian lamingtons at Tokyo Lamington.

Ritz-Carlton’s first foray into cruising yields some of the best fine dining on a ship. Here’s a first taste of the onboard restaurants Talaat Nam and S.E.A., spearheaded by chef Sven Elverfeld of the three-Michelin-starred Aqua, the fine-dining restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Three new restaurants, an expanded cooking school, and the best brunch at sea make Oceania’s newest cruise ship, Vista, perfect for food lovers.

In each of Food & Wine editor Melanie Hansche's Spiced Pavlovas with Oranges and Mulled Wine Caramel, a base of sweet, cinnamon-spiced meringue is topped with fresh tangy quark and crowned with bright citrus and intense caramel.

Mel Hansche's Brown Butter–Cardamom Spitzbuben, similar to a linzer cookie, is a Bavarian holiday treat that's perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges.

Melanie Hansche's Buttermilk Crumpets are a speedy, easy-to-make breakfast for a crowd using fridge and pantry staples. They're the perfect vehicle for creative sweet and savory toppings.

From a reimagined Rockefeller Center to a compostable cling wrap, these are the companies and people changing the food world for the better in 2023.

There’s been a huge amount of innovation in induction cooking since the technology made its debut in the 1980s. Impulse Labs, GE Appliances, LG, and Invisacook are the companies leading the charge.

From smoked fish trolleys to pre-bottled cocktails, these hotels around the world are offering some epic amenities worth planning a trip around.

The Regent Seven Seas has serious food credibility, with a cooking school and unparalleled restaurants. This cruise was built for food lovers.

For the team behind Houston’s March restaurant, inspiration starts with history books and with their hands in the dirt at Goodthyme Farm.

Chefs and Restaurant Owners Maneet Chauhan, June Rodil and Caroline Glover share their best way to give good feedback about a bad dining experience.

Food & Wine Deputy Editor Melanie Hansche returned to her childhood home of Bavaria and found that many things had changed—most of them for the better. Here’s where to eat, drink, stay, and travel in Bavaria, as well as a few recipes for classic Bavarian dishes like dumplings, pretzels, potato salad, pavlova, and roasted goose legs.

There’s only so much you can plan for when you’re booking a vacation rental, but one small insurance policy is to bring a few useful things with you so you can cook, brew good coffee, and make excellent cocktails on the road.

These connected appliances such as smart refrigerators, ovens, and dishwashers will keep your home organized and help you cook better, too.

These innovators are reimagining culinary travel, one unique and delicious trip at a time.