The traditional tall white chef’s hat, or “toque blanche," as the French refer to it, has been a mainstay of dining establishments for centuries. Many will recognize it for its distinctive height, ...

HAVE you ever noticed how tall and pleated a chef's hat is, but never truly wondered why? It may appear to be just a part of the uniform, but some chefs have claimed that there is a remarkable ...

Long before Julia Child and Emeril Lagasse, Antonin Carême gained international fame, by cooking for kings and writing ...

Patrick O’Connell, chef-owner of The Inn at Little Washington, Va., finds he is helpless without his toque blanche. “I can’t cook a thing without it on,” he said. But to Jean-Louis Palladin of ...