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, Jan 18, 2013
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Key Ingredient: Celery
NoMi Kitchen's Ryan LaRoche gets back to basics with the "humble vegetable."
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, Jan 11, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Shiitake mushrooms
Masa Azul’s Jenny Kessler gives a tequila flip an earthy twist.
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, Jan 3, 2013
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Key Ingredient: warabi starch
L2O’s Matthew Kirkley goes classical with a weird Japanese texture
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, Dec 27, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: falernum
Rodan’s Eric Chaleff soothes his flu with a teacup full of rum
by Kate Schmidt
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Key Ingredient
, Dec 26, 2012
Got yak phlegm?
From disappearing cocoa-nib consomme to escaped eels, it was a lively year for Key Ingredient, our ongoing series of chef-to-chef challenges
by Julia Thiel
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, Dec 26, 2012
My favorite restaurants of 2012
Philly cheese steaks, foraged fairy tales, former Portuguese colonies, and more from a not-so-calamitous year
by Mike Sula
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People Issue 2012:
Dave Odd, the forager
"I take wild plants that we find elsewhere and transplant them and just let them go nuts."
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People Issue 2012:
Abra Berens, the farmer
"I think people have lost some contact with how their food is grown."
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People Issue 2012:
Martin Kastner, the craftsman
"I had no desire to be an artist. I thought art was all ego."
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Key Ingredient
, Dec 12, 2012
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Key Ingredient: cashew apples
Dave Beran of Next straightens out an "off-balance" false fruit
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Cocktail Challenge
, Nov 29, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: egg white
Adolfo Calderon of Public House whips up a fairy-tale cocktail
by Kate Schmidt
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, Nov 28, 2012
How I learned to stop worrying and drink coffee already
A caffeine newbie tries not to lose his mind
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, Nov 26, 2012
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Key Ingredient: sea cucumber
Matthias Merges of Yusho fries up some slimy echinoderms
by Julia Thiel
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Cocktail Challenge
, Nov 21, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: plum
Monica Dim makes an instant vacation
by Kate Schmidt
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, Nov 12, 2012
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Key Ingredient: Eel
Ryan Poli of Tavernita skewers the slippery fish
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, Oct 31, 2012
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Key Ingredient: ghost peppers
Chris Curren of Stout Barrel House & Galley tangles with one of the world's hottest chiles
by Julia Thiel
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, Oct 24, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: soy sauce
Rockit's Gina O'Brien keeps it simple
by Kate Schmidt
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, Oct 16, 2012
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Key Ingredient: dende oil
Matt Troost of Three Aces turns a Brazilian staple Italian
by Julia Thiel
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, Oct 10, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: Parmigiano Reggiano
It's good to eat, but to drink?
by Kate Schmidt
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, Oct 2, 2012
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Key Ingredient: smelt
John Manion of La Sirena Clandestina gives a Latin touch to Great Lakes smelt
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