Word: chorizo
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...occasional appearance in a predominantly vegetarian menu. The organic vegetables take longer to cultivate, but "the absolute bottom line is that they are tastier," says the chef. That seemed true of each dish I savored on a recent visit: courgette-flower souffl? with cinnamon and basil, pan-fried squid, chorizo and root vegetables, and warm chocolate tartlet with mint. "Nearly everything on the table, I've seen it grow," says Rabanel. "It gives me confidence in what I serve and it makes me happy." He's not the only...
...occasional appearance in a predominantly vegetarian menu. The organic vegetables take longer to cultivate, but "the absolute bottom line is that they are tastier," says the chef. That seemed true of each dish I savored on a recent visit: courgette-flower souffl? with cinnamon and basil, pan-fried squid, chorizo and root vegetables, and warm chocolate tartlet with mint. "Nearly everything on the table, I've seen it grow," says Rabanel. "It gives me confidence in what I serve and it makes me happy." He's not the only...
...table with a flourish. The fried clam platter is a heaping plate of crisp clams, seasoned French fries and homemade coleslaw. The traditional New England clambake takes up a good part of the table itself—the lobster is accompanied by mussels, clams, corn on the cob, potatoes, chorizo and an egg. The egg, Assistant General Manager Chris McGann explains, is a vestige of the olden days when the cook timed the steaming of the lobster by boiling an egg simultaneously. The yellowfin tuna steak is precisely cooked with a tender, rare interior and topped with sauce veracruz...
...epicenter of small-plate dining is the Bay Area, where out-of-work dotcommers are seeking to reconcile their gourmet habits with shrinking budgets. Diners can sample rabbit-sausage flatbread for $12 at A Cote in Oakland, or they can snack on stuffed dates with chorizo and blue cheese for $8 at the Spanish-Moroccan Baraka in San Francisco. The Russian Hill restaurant Pesce last year shifted away from traditional full-service Italian food to small plates in the Venetian cicchetti style, like swordfish rolls or octopus-and-potato salad...
...with crunchy jicamas, ripe papayas and dozens of varieties of chili peppers, from fiery serranos to sweet chipotles. The aroma of freshly made tortillas wafts from the bakery. Butchers serve up not only standard cuts of beef, poultry and fish but also Mexican specialties like the spicy pork sausage chorizo and carnitas, shreds of pork that are browned to make the ultimate tacos...