Michelin-starred restaurants are rethinking fine dining with affordable lunches, shorter menus and flexible formats. Is luxury dining entering a new era?

Scoring a reservation for a tasting menu at five-star restaurants like Alinea or The French Laundry comes with expectations of extravagance. These traditional fine-dining experiences are often set in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fine-dining chefs use an array of specialty techniques honed during culinary school and over long careers; specialty equipment ...