Martha Hoover

Will this be the year for James Beard semifinalists Martha Hoover, Alan Sternberg, Steven Oakley, and Abbi Merriss?

Indianapolis restaurants receive attention from one of the most-prestigious awards in the dining industry.

“When I started, it never occurred to me that it might not work. I guess I’ve never been a Plan B person.”

Nigiri fans belly up to the sushi bar at Ukiyo.

Add the literary world to Martha Hoover’s ever-growing list of credits.

David Hoover’s menu is brief and precise, a smartly cropped snapshot of his Paris cooking-school days.

Fortune named Martha Hoover, restaurateur and founder of the Patachou, Inc. empire, to their 2017 list of Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink. The visionary behind an ever-growing number of Indianapolis-area restaurants and the Patachou Foundation is acknowledged for her commitment to social change through food. The magazine noted her mission to provide employees […]

A few ways future Tourism Ambassador to France Martha Hoover could lure her people over yonder.

David Hoover’s Bar One Fourteen gives bar fare a decadent spin.

Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez, founder & CEO of Hot Bread Kitchen, will lead a discussion at The Toby regarding economic enterprise and the social impact food businesses have on communities. The organization, established in 2007, funds on-the-job training to women of diverse backgrounds who face employment and language barriers in East Harlem. Hot Bread Kitchen sells […]

Lots of cheese. Lots of wine. Lots of James Beard snubs.

Almost a decade ago, I wrote a profile of Martha Hoover—she of the Patachou empire—and interviewed an up-and-coming chef for the story, an accomplished toque who seemed genuinely annoyed and perplexed by Hoover’s success and diners’ cult-like devotion to her menus. “What’s so special?” the chef sniffed. “It’s just a bunch of omelets.” Let the […]

The James Beard nominees are announced, as well as an opening date for The Owner’s Wife.

Kudos for Vida and Martha Hoover’s cookware.

No. 22 – Napolese has one not-so-secret weapon that elevates this menu above the rest: Patachou, Inc.’s executive chef Tyler Herald.