He really wanted to be a chef. But in Denmark back then, if you aspired to learn kitchen work you had to apprentice at night.

Jeweler, founder of The Jeweler’s Daughter; director of marketing at Tower of Jewels

At Hearthstone, rustic fare is refashioned for the wristband set

The Vegas Meets Italy at Old School Pizzeria

Ultimo — Weekend of Excellence

I have this borderline stalker-ish awe and admiration for chefs, probably because I myself am an enthusiastic cook. Enthusiastic but terrible.

Why let the food critics have all the fun? This year, we quizzed six local culinary luminaries — from high-profile restaurateurs to the city’s most innovative chefs — about the year in dining. Voila: A little praise, a little panning, a dash of OMG-I-can’t-believe-he-went-there — served piping hot.

2014 was an anxious year for foodies — but a good kind of anxious. The kind of anxious that comes from maintaining a feverish, nearly athletic dining schedule to try to keep up with all the new restaurants that opened this year.

Shootouts, grim sights, daily stress, public scrutiny — policework is a mental battlefield. How do you fix the tortured mind of a cop?

Wendy Kveck talks about her painting, “Couched”