A perfect moment in food can be created when all the senses are stimulated. Each element of the experience should correlate with one another and contribute to the sensation. They should be pleasurable, exciting, engulfing, sexy, and individually enjoyable. The couple Michel Cluizel 1er Cru de...

Three clean-cut Japanese men in slick, grey suits loosen their ties and puff Cuban cigars while playing pool on the third floor of a classic, French Concession building. Down the winding staircase past the wine cellar, a table of young Shanghainese sit gossiping in the rosy, candlelit dining...