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CITY BEAT FEATURE: The rules of high dining

February 15, 2018 mgardiner

When we sat down it felt a bit like a dinner party. However, this particular dinner party, held by fine dining company Lego Optimo, had a kitchen full of renowned chefs doing the cooking. Two of those—Benito Molina and Solange Muris—own a restaurant recently featured on a list of … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Carnitas Snack Shack is not what it seems

August 24, 2016 mgardiner

When my father's family ate pork when he was a kid, his dad, who'd been raised kosher, called it "zebra." When Hanis Cavin, who was "raised in a Jewish household where I couldn't eat a cheeseburger, shrimp or pork," opened his Temple-to-All-Things-Pork it probably never occurred … [Read more...]

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