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First Taste: Convivio
Nobody else in New York is cooking these authentic, flavor-forward Southern Italian dishes.
07.15.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- michael white,
- italian
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First Taste: graham elliot
It’s hard to notice anything else when there’s a root beer–glazed pork chop topped with corn nuts and watermelon sitting in front of you.
07.07.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- david tamarkin,
- chicago,
- graham elliot bowles
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First Taste: Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
Ben Van Leeuwen’s insistence on the best ingredients means that ice cream on a summer night in New York never tasted so good.
07.01.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- alan brown,
- ice cream,
- new york,
- dessert
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First Taste: The Corson Building
This cozy, communal restaurant has the allure of an underground establishment, but it is all legal.
07.01.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- matthew amster-burton,
- seattle,
- matt dillon,
- wylie bush
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First Taste: Mado
In true minimalist fashion, most of the dishes are made with three or fewer ingredients, but they taste sublime.
06.13.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- david tamarkin,
- chicago,
- rob levitt,
- allison levitt
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First Taste: Lucier
Portlanders have been debating the merits of Lucier for months—and it only opened on Memorial Day.
06.03.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- matthew amster-burton,
- seattle,
- seafood
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First Taste: Itinéraires
Chef Sylvain Sendra’s new restaurant in the Latin Quarter is a de rigeur addition to any bargain-loving bistro lover’s Paris itinerary.
05.29.08
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- first taste,
- paris,
- sylvain sendra,
- france
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First Taste: L20
Laurent Gras has the skill and, perhaps more importantly, the judgment to find a near-perfect meeting ground of pristine product and chefly invention.
05.22.08
- Keywords
- first taste,
- john willoughby,
- chicago,
- laurent gras,
- molecular gastronomy
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First Taste: Scarpetta
Among all the lovely food—bread with mascarpone butter, roasted capretto, and fritto misto—it’s the spaghetti with tomato sauce that you’ll come back for....
05.20.08
- Keywords
- ruth reichl,
- first taste,
- new york,
- italian,
- scott conant
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First Taste: Hungry Mother
Chef/co-owner Barry Maiden deserves credit for baring his Southern culinary soul in Yankee Doodle town—something he does with style and refinement.
05.13.08
- Keywords
- charles kelsey,
- first taste,
- boston,
- southern u.s.,
- barry maiden