You might wonder why chefs and bartenders tend to ignore all the folk wisdom traded over the millennia—especially on Valentine’s Day.

Say you crave a warming tom kha or decadent beef Wellington, perhaps a molten lava cake because you somehow miss the ’90s. Where do you start?…

The first thing you notice about chef Christian Ojeda’s menu at Lucia Restaurant & Bar is the utter lack of grandiloquence.

After an “intensive” search, Bernardus Lodge and Spa has chosen a new executive chef for its Lucia restaurant, Christian Ojeda. Ojeda will fil…