NEW YORK State of Mind

This week celebrity chef Judy Joo chats with restaurateur Marc Forgione about life in and out of the kitchen

When it comes to W dining, there's no greater place than NYC. "You can get any type of cuisine at any time. From dim sum early on a Saturday morning to chicken over rice from a halal stand late at night, we have it all," says chef Marc Forgione, the mastermind behind. countless eateries in the Big Apple. "The restaurant I'm a partner at, Khe-Yo, was actually the first Laotian restaurant to open up in NYC," he notes. "I have people tell me all the time how much they love it, and there's nothing else like it in the city." Here, Forgione sits down at his newly revived Italian hotspot, One Fifth, in Greenwich Village to chat with chef Judy Joo about food, family and his favorite treats.