Forgione

Former Austin Superintendent Pat Forgione calls the testing reports he used to get back each spring "autopsies" — the test results came too late to do anything for kids.

The search for a new way to test schoolkids 2011

"This is really a chance to do some R&D," says Forgione, who now runs the Educational Testing Service's Center for K-12 Assessment and Performance Management.

The search for a new way to test schoolkids 2011

It's the name of the slider shop Mr. Forgione would like to open one day, he said, inspired by a bluer exclamation one of his cooks issued when they were first testing the sliders.

Packing in the Protein Kimberly Chou 2011

Marc Forgione and Bryan Kaswell are great cooks, solid people.

Q&A: Ming Tsai on 'The Next Iron Chef' Bonnie S. Benwick 2010

At the Tribeca restaurant, the namesake Mr. Forgione—the Food Network's recently ascendant "Iron Chef"—dishes elevated comfort food like fried quail over waffles ($14) and bacon, scrambled eggs and parmesan stuffed in house-made popovers with sundried tomato ($10).

Packing in the Protein Kimberly Chou 2011

"What I tried to do was put a trained chef's hand on classic brunch dishes," said Mr. Forgione.

Packing in the Protein Kimberly Chou 2011

Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal Restaurant Marc Forgione in TriBeCa offers a protein-heavy menu full of elevated comfort foods.

Protein-Heavy Brunch 2011

In a town whose brunch culture is indelibly marked by the cocktails-and-crepes diet of "Sex and the City," Restaurant Marc Forgione offers a protein-heavy menu most easily described as "macho."

Packing in the Protein Kimberly Chou 2011

Food Network's recently ascendant "Iron Chef," Marc Forgione, opened his namesake restaurant in TriBeCa featuring protein-heavy dishes like "disco fries" and "suck you sliders."

Protein-Heavy Brunch 2011

Neighborhood stalwarts like the Odeon, Bubby's and Nobu have been joined in recent years by several popular and upscale restaurants, including Marc Forgione, Metaphor and Locanda Verde.

Lofty Ambitions Can Be Realized in TriBeCa Melanie Lefkowitz 2011