Eugene Fernandes raises Wagyu in Elsanor, Alabama. For chef Leonel Velazquez, knowing the farmer is as important as knowing the ingredient.

The restaurant we never opened together lives in every kitchen I have ever run. A story about family, food, travel and the reason I became a cook.

Three rooms in New York, a Rum Barrel, a Mai Tai, a Black Watchand a travel ritual between a father and daughter that started years ago in Houston.