A Decade of Influence: The wd~50 Family Tree

Wylie Dufresne, the man at the top. On April 9, 2003, Wylie Dufresne opened wd~50, and if you've eaten a meal out in New York City in the decade since, you've felt the restaurant's influence -- in a sous-vide slab of beef; in a frosty glass of Cereal Milk; in a cheeky take on eggs Benedict. While the restaurant confounds some customers, it is mythical in food circles, as much for its boundary-pushing food as for its ability to survive in a city gripped with farm-to-table fever and recession-root...