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  1. in memoriam
    Anthony Bourdain Never Stopped Advocating for the People He Believed InHe wasn’t alone in sharing the spotlight, but he was unusually interested in the success of others.
    By Chris Crowley
  2. in memoriam
    David Simon on Bourdain: ‘He Knew Everything’The creator of The Wire talks about his longtime friend.
    By Hugh Merwin
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    The World Mourns Anthony BourdainPresident Obama, writers, chefs, and others respond to the news of his death.
    By Chris Crowley
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    Anthony Bourdain Has DiedThe reported cause was suicide.
    By Alan Sytsma
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    The Food World Mourns the Late, Influential Cookbook Author Barbara KafkaWriters, cooks, and fans shared their remembrances.
    By Chris Crowley
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    Saltie Chef and Co-founder Rebecca Clare Collerton Has DiedShe helped create one of contemporary New York’s most obsessed-over sandwich shops.
    By Chris Crowley
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    Frank’s Cocktail Lounge Is the Perfect Bar — Frank Perkins Is the Reason WhyIn Fort Greene, a squat building houses an iconic bar that has resisted gentrification for more than four decades.
    By Rebecca Bengal
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    How Paul Bocuse Became the Most Legendary Chef in FranceAn icon in his home country, Paul Bocuse was considered to be a culinary god by chefs around the world.
    By Hugh Merwin
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    Paul Bocuse Has DiedThe legendary chef and pioneer of nouvelle cuisine was 91.
    By Chris Crowley
  10. closings
    In Loving Memory of Saltie, a Sandwich Shop That Never Got StaleLong past the point where other operators might have started phoning it in, Saltie maintained a consistent level of quality and continued to innovate.
    By Jamie Feldmar
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    Golden Krust Founder Found Dead of Apparent SuicideLowell Hawthorne, who started the chain in 1989, was 57.
    By Chris Crowley
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    New York Chef and ‘Escoffier of Offal’ Takashi Inoue Has DiedThe chef made a name for himself at his immensely popular namesake restaurant.
    By Chris Crowley
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    Judith Jones Has DiedThe legendary writer and editor introduced us to Julia Child.
    By Sierra Tishgart
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    The Life and Legacy of Alain Senderens, the ‘Picasso of French Cooking’The celebrated chef passed away this week at the age of 77.
    By Hugh Merwin
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    Legendary French Chef Alain Senderens Has DiedHe’s credited as one of the pioneers of Nouevelle cuisine.
    By Chris Crowley
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    The Maverick Who Invented Pineapple Pizza Has DiedHis legacy lives on.
    By Chris Crowley
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    The Illustrator Who Created the Trix Rabbit Has DiedJoe Harris also came up with the famous ad copy: “Silly rabbit! Trix are for kids.”
    By Sierra Tishgart
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    Waffle House Co-founder Joe Rogers Has DiedThe patron of the Southern roadside diner was 97.
    By Clint Rainey
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    Rao’s Owner Frank Pellegrino Sr. Has DiedHe founded Rao’s Specialty Foods, worked as the restaurant’s nightly host, and acted in Goodfellas.
    By Sierra Tishgart
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    Carnegie Deli Chucked Its Precious Celebrity Photos Out on the StreetThe trash is “something nice for people in the neighborhood.”
    By Sierra Tishgart
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    Renowned Journalist and Restaurant Critic A.A. Gill Has DiedThe British columnist was 62.
    By Alan Sytsma
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    The Creator of General Tso’s Chicken Has DiedPeng Chang-kuei was 98.
    By Chris Crowley
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    The Man Who Invented the Big Mac Has DiedMichael Delligatti created the iconic burger nearly 50 years ago.
    By Chris Crowley
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    The Guy Who Wrote the ‘Oscar Mayer Wiener’ Song Has DiedThe ubiquitous jingle debuted in 1963.
    By Chris Crowley
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    International Culinary Center Founder Dorothy Cann Hamilton Has DiedShe was in a fatal car accident on Friday.
    By Chris Crowley
  26. crime scene
    Family of Slain L&B Co-owner Offers $50,000 Reward for Help Capturing KillerLouis Barbati was shot outside his home last Thursday.
    By Chris Crowley
  27. Come On
    Cheerios Blew It With This Shameless Prince TweetThere are ways to honor a legend without plugging your product.
    By Chris Crowley
  28. RIP
    Prince’s Love of BreakfastThe iconic musician died today at the age of 57.
    By Chris Crowley
  29. RIP
    Blackberry Farm’s Sam Beall Has DiedHe died in a skiing accident at age 39.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  30. Going Out In Style
    Coffee Kingpin Has His Ashes Stored in a Giant Moka PotIt was proudly on display during his funeral mass.
    By Chris Crowley
  31. RIP
    World-Renowned Chef Benoît Violier Dies of Apparent SuicideThe 44-year-old chef’s restaurant was named the best in the world just a month and a half ago.
    By Chris Crowley
  32. RIP
    Remembering Hank Penza, the Man Who Gave NYC Its Most Iconic Dive Bar“He took, like, 50 years of downtown with him. He was the king of the Lower East Side.”
    By Chris Crowley
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    Famed New Orleans Chef Paul Prudhomme Has DiedThe legendary man behind K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen was 75.
    By Alan Sytsma
  34. RIP
    Daniel Defonte, of Red Hook’s Beloved Defonte’s, Has Died“Daniel Defonte was the heartbeat of the store.”
    By Chris Crowley
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    The Inventor of the Automated Bagel Machine Has Left Behind a Mixed LegacyDaniel Thompson brought the bagels to the masses, but some say he ruined the bread.
    By Chris Crowley
  36. RIP
    New Orleans Legend Willie Mae Seaton Has Died at 99Named an America’s Classic by the James Beard Foundation, she was universally lauded for her fried chicken.
    By Chris Crowley
  37. RIP
    Subway Co-founder Fred DeLuca Has DiedHe was battling leukemia.
    By Chris Crowley
  38. RIP
    Esteemed Chef Gerry Hayden Has Passed AwayHe had been battling ALS for years.
    By Chris Crowley
  39. RIP
    Milk & Honey Founder Sasha Petraske Has Passed AwayThe bar owner, who helped spearhead New York’s cocktail renaissance, was 42.
    By Chris Crowley
  40. RIP
    Searchers Have Recovered the Body of Former White House Chef Walter ScheibThe 61-year-old, who cooked for presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, had been missing for more than a week.
    By Alan Sytsma
  41. RIP
    Master Chef Roger Vergé Has Died — This Is His LegacyThe nouvelle cuisine pioneer, who was widely considered to be one of the most underrated chefs of the 20th century, was 85.
    By Hugh Merwin
  42. Closings
    Brooklyn’s Beloved Eagle Provisions Is Officially Gone After 36 Years InThe owners sold the building to a developer.
    By Chris Crowley
  43. Closings
    160-Year-Old Pisacane Seafood Will Very Likely Close TomorrowThe costs of utility bills and property taxes are simply too high.
    By Chris Crowley
  44. RIP
    Josh Ozersky Has Passed Away [Updated]The food writer, and a founding editor of Grub Street, was 47 years old.
    By Grub Street
  45. RIP
    New Yorkers Mourn the Loss of Winnie’s“No god no please no not Winnie’s god no why is NYC so terrible I hate this f-cking town.”
    By Sierra Tishgart
  46. RIP
    Chez Josephine Owner Jean-Claude Baker Has DiedThe restaurateur committed suicide in East Hampton.
    By Hugh Merwin
  47. RIP
    Rubirosa Proprietor AJ Pappalardo Has DiedHe was 40.
    By Hugh Merwin
  48. Leapfrog
    ‘An Oasis of Beauty’: Gisèle Masson and the Enduring Spirit of La“My mother was so stylish that she could take a burlap bag and turn it into something.”
    By Hugh Merwin
  49. Obits
    Mario Borgatti, the Bronx’s Pasta Patriarch, Has DiedBorgatti was born in 1917 and was just 17 when his parents opened up shop on East 187th Street in 1935.
    By Hugh Merwin
  50. Tributes
    Check Out a Brooklyn Pizzeria’s Fantastic Robin Williams Specials“Mrs. Kraut-fire” and “Good Will HotWing” pies for all.
    By Hugh Merwin
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