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Atera is an intimate 13 seat dining destination with a focus on creating modern, technique driven art/food, often from unusual foraged ingredients. (A trend that I hope will stick.) Chef Lightner has a background that would perk the ears of … Continue reading
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On our short but sweet 3 day trip to Sweden we were lucky to land seats at two of Sweden’s most coveted and acclaimed restaurants Faviken (covered in the previous post) and Frantzén/ Lindeberg. (Featured below) Before we get … Continue reading
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As someone smart once said, “The journey is the destination” and this expression couldn’t be more appropriate in summing up this snowy swedish adventure to Faviken. “What in the world are you doing all the way out in Jarpen?” … Continue reading
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Recently we read that Spanish Avant Garden / Innovative cuisine was dead. This theory was support by the closing of El Bulli in 2011 and the current economic crisis in Spain. I can not disagree more with this theory. By the … Continue reading
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This past January we had the pleasure of attending Atera’s guest chef dinners. The first one helmed by the ever so popular chef David Toutain. It was a great night. This was not our first time trying his cooking. We … Continue reading
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On a recent trip to Bilbao we went to Nerua, a restaurant that everyone said was amazing and a must go. We did a fair amount of research on this place before making the reservation. We read that Josean Martinez … Continue reading
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Valencia is one of those cities in Spain that has experienced a number of enormous changes in the last few years. Most of these changes are a result the city hosting some top tier sporting events like Formula 1, American’s … Continue reading
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I have been looking forward to writing this post for some time now. Our epic 21of 24 course meal went down in the books as one of my favorite experiences on this recent trip to Spain. It gives me great … Continue reading
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Living outside Madrid, the City where I grew up, let you appreciate it with different eyes. Things that I used to take for granted take a different dimension, like a good Rioja or Ribera del Duero, free tapas when you … Continue reading
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2012 was indeed the year of travel! I did my fair share, with trips to Copenhagen, Paris and Spain. The real globe trotter here is Jose. He has covered tremendous amount of ground this year with multiple visits to Belgium, … Continue reading
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Pop ups are not a new phenomenon but this past year we have seen way more than usual. I believe there is a fabulous entrepreneurial and collaborative energy in the air that is helping chefs network and learn from … Continue reading
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We have been eagerly awaiting the return of Frej, one of our favorite restaurants in NYC of 2012. Taking the place of Frej is a new venture lead solo by Fredrik Berselius and a staff of well trained Scandinavians in … Continue reading
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All in all I have spent 8 years of my life in Providence. (crazy!) I have seen it go under drastic changes from being a somewhat ghetto and dangerous downtown to populated and flourishing. With the revitalization of the downtown … Continue reading
