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First Taste: Porchetta
Nowadays, less is more. Porchetta resembles a bare-bones food stall, but it serves a glorious pork roast.
10.08.08
- Keywords
- robert sietsema,
- first taste,
- new york,
- pork,
- sara jenkins
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First Taste: Le V
One Michelin-starred chef has quietly climbed to the top, and a $200 meal at his place may be worth every penny.
10.08.08
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- first taste,
- paris,
- philippe legendre,
- eric briffard
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First Taste: 1897 Konyali
One of Istanbul’s most treasured restaurants goes from hole-in-the-wall home cooking to white-tablecloth dining.
10.06.08
- Keywords
- john willoughby,
- first taste,
- middle eastern,
- istanbul,
- aydin demir
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First Taste: Bei
Some of Beijing’s most interesting modern Asian food is being cooked not by a Shanghai or Hong Kong player, but a New Orleans-born New Yorker.
10.02.08
- Keywords
- pat nourse,
- first taste,
- china,
- beijing,
- travel
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First Taste: Avenues
This restaurant’s meticulously crafted dishes look and feel space age, but their balanced flavors make sense in the most classic way.
09.30.08
- Keywords
- francis lam,
- first taste,
- chicago,
- moleular gastronomy,
- curtis duffy
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First Taste: Urban Belly
White-tablecloth dining comes down to street-food form, and the stunning results speak for themselves.
09.29.08
- Keywords
- david tamarkin,
- first taste,
- chicago,
- asian,
- bill kim
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First Taste: LAVO
This gastropub offers the kind of lavishness we’d expect from Sin City, with an over-the-top take on molecular gastronomy.
09.26.08
- Keywords
- max jacobson,
- first taste,
- las vegas,
- molecular gastronomy,
- ludo lefebvre
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First Taste: Sofra Bakery and Cafe
This warm and inviting Mediterranean restaurant is sure to attract regulars from the neighborhood and beyond.
09.25.08
- Keywords
- charles kelsey,
- first taste,
- mediterranean,
- ana sortun,
- maura kilpatrick
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First Taste: The Giaconda Dining Room
Paul Merrony’s honest bistro cooking is a welcome change from London’s prolific tourist-trap restaurants.
09.24.08
- Keywords
- james cameron,
- first taste,
- paul merrony,
- london
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First Taste: Gjelina
In the bohemians of Venice, California, sip wine and nibble thin-crusted pizzas and salads of nectarine, Burrata, and speck.
09.24.08
- Keywords
- kay sackler,
- first taste,
- los angeles,
- travis letts,
- pizza