Open wide for the Ripper. Bernardin chef Eric Ripert has the cure for your aching jowls.
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Lady Rizo and her Kravitz-like twin attendants, who lounged insouciantly against the piano for the duration of the evening.
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Fergus Henderson should really just move here and be done with it. He obviously can't get enough of New York.
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Martha Stewart holds up her end of the dinner conversation, and then some.
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten hangs quietly, taking in Lady Rizo's song with his usual Alsatian cool.
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Tim Zagat found the "amazing" meal to be "one of the all-time greats" and the party "awesome."
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Tony Bourdain wondering why he had to wait almost three minutes for a refill.
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Select guests, like party-hardy Daniel Boulud, got to do tequila shots in the kitchen, followed by...
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…a straight-up whippet shot of truffle foam, straight to the mouth. It was that kind of night.
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