[Photograph: Westend Bistro] Though burger purists will probably scoff at the title "fish burger," insisting it's more of a fish sandwich than an actual burger, that's what chef Eric Ripert is calling it on his menu at Westend Bistro...
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Today’s Cook the Book recipe comes to us from Michael Laiskonis, Le Bernardin’s dashing pastry chef. His dark chocolate, peanut, and caramel tart is perfect for anyone who likes a bit of salty with their sweet; it’s almost like...
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There’s no sweeter seafood than a scallop right out of the shell. At Le Bernardin, they’re charred only on their sides and left ultra-rare in the middle to preserve that amazing sweetness. The smoky, salty garnish of oven-dried Niçoise olives...
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It is with some amusement that I note Eric Ripert’s description of Le Bernardin’s braised halibut dish as “the ultimate one-pot meal”. For most of us, one-pot meals are comforting, homey things, thrown together at a moment’s notice; they do...
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I’ve almost given up on crab cakes, because restaurants seem to want to put anything in them—from breadcrumbs to mashed potatoes—but crab. Ironically, Le Bernardin puts its crab-only crab cakes in quotation marks, so as not to mislead the...
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Photograph from austinevan on Flickr Looking at the long list of ingredients and multiple recipes-within-a-recipe, it’s hard to believe that Le Bernardin's take on tuna tartare is one of the least labor-intensive dishes on the menu. If you are...
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