"Why the French don't suck" is something I can answer, but I'd rather watch Tony Bourdain enumerate the reasons as he traipses through the City of Lights, speaking Franglais, smoking Gauloises, and drinking absinthe. Now that's entertainment. This is the subject of the first episode of "No Reservations," the bad-boy chef and scribe's latest television…

In 2005 Leuzzi launched Snack, a personal weblog on global food and restaurant trends, travel insights, industry news, book reviews, with a touch of gossip. While there has been anti-blog backlash from the industry, Snack has been embraced "Jennifer Leuzzi is one of the best connected, hooked-in bloggers in the foodie jungle–and Snack is compulsory reading.…

I was the center of attention backstage at the Tuleh fashion show on Sunday. (As foodies, you may not know this, but it's Fashion Week. All the top American designers are showing their fall 2005 collections under the tents at Bryant Park in NYC.) People crowded around me and took my picture. Why all the…