Most people walk into a seafood restaurant, look at the menu for ten minutes and order the fish of the day. Our host walks in, looks at the tanks full of crabs, shrimp and shellfish, and clearly decides that the menu is merely a suggestion. What follows is a four-minute tour through the ocean. Little…
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A Taste of Mischief: The Truffle God’s Table-Side Spectacle
The Entrance of a Culinary Showman Some restaurant moments are meant to be savored; others are meant to be remembered. This one does both. At an outdoor table bathed in soft daylight, a woman in a striking zebra‑print coat becomes the delighted audience to a performance she never quite ordered—but wholeheartedly enjoys. Enter the waiter,…

