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First Taste: Txikito
With Txikito, Alex Raij has carved a small corner of west Chelsea into an outpost of northern Spain.
11.19.08
- Keywords
- john willoughby,
- first taste,
- new york,
- alex raij,
- spanish
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First Taste: West Branch
While most celebrity chefs wrote New York’s Upper West Side off as a
hostile culinary wilderness, Tom Valenti strode in and claimed it as his own.
11.18.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- tom valenti,
- restaurants
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First Taste: Bouley
If you can’t afford a trip to France right now (and who
can?), the next best thing is a trip to the new Bouley.
11.17.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- david bouley,
- french
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First Taste: The Publican
This restaurant is a place of worship for perfect mollusks, housemade sausages, and, of course, beer. Yet what tops them all is the crisp, juicy chicken.
11.14.08
- Keywords
- david tamarkin,
- first taste,
- chicago,
- paul kahan,
- poultry
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First Taste: Honey Bee Bakery
Cupcakes are overexposed. Cupcakes are overwrought. Now let me tell you about the breakfast cupcake I’ve recently come to love.
11.14.08
- Keywords
- john t. edge,
- first taste,
- dessert,
- southern u.s.
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First Taste: Tom Tuesday Dinner
In this quirky restaurant, Tom Colicchio has created a perfect dream: small, comfortable and unpretentious.
10.31.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- tom colicchio
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First Taste: More Cupcakes
I’m going to call a moratorium on writing about cupcakes. Right after I finish writing about a cupcake shop called More.
10.30.08
- Keywords
- david tamarkin,
- first taste,
- chicago,
- dessert
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First Taste: Animal
This tiny neighborhood bistro is a full-on salute to pork, and that doesn’t seem to bother the owners of the kosher bakery next door.
10.21.08
- Keywords
- margy rochlin,
- first taste,
- los angeles,
- jon shook,
- vinny dotolo
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First Taste: Drink
This sparse space is the perfect backdrop for the mixology show being swizzled, shaken, and poured by John Gertsen and his team.
10.16.08
- Keywords
- charles kelsey,
- first taste,
- mixology,
- john gertsen,
- barbara lynch
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First Taste: Tarry Lodge
Joe Bastianich and Mario Batali have looked to the suburbs and transformed this historic building into a warm, sparkling restaurant.
10.13.08
- Keywords
- colman andrews,
- first taste,
- joe bastianich,
- mario batali,
- italian