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PUNY
5 Piazza Martiri dell'Olivetta, Portofino, Italy 16034
T: +39/(0)185.269.037
Portofino
Italian
CHEZ PASCAL
East Side
French
LA LAITERIE BISTRO
Providence
American / Local
Matt Jennings has a great place.
JOHANNE KILLEEN & GEORGE GERMON OF
AL FORNO IN PROVIDENCE, RI
OLD CANTEEN (JOE MARZILLI’S)
For a vintage Italian-style abbodanza meal.
Providence
Italian
NEW RIVERS
College Hill
New American
Bruce Tillinghast is a great source of local foods and purveyors.
Author: Lindsey Shere
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Lindsey Shere is a great inspiration.
CHEZ PANISSE DESSERTS
Author: Alice Waters
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IN THE GREEN KITCHEN: Techniques to Learn by Heart
BASTA
2195 Broad Street, Cranston, RI 02905
T: 401.461.0330
Cranston
Italian
ANTONIO’S TRATTORIA
1710 Cranston Street, Cranston, RI 02921
T: 401.943.1932
Cranston
Italian / Pizza
MIKE’S KITCHEN
170 Randall Street, Cranston, RI 02920
T: 401.946.5320
Cranston
Italian-American
Very casual, in a VFW hall in Cranston.
THE BLACK PEARL
(Commodore Room) where Dan Knerr has headed the kitchens for decades.
Newport
American Tavern
PERSIMMON
Bristol
American
Champe Speidel heads the kitchen and his wife Lisa Harrison oversees the dining room. They both work very hard and do a super job. Because it is not in a city location, it is too often overlooked.
PIZZERIA BIANCO
We love Chris Bianco’s simple pizzas.
Downtown
Italian / Pizza
PEPE’S
New Haven
Italian / Pizza
For their clam pizza.
CHART ROOM
1 Shipyard Lane, Cataumet, MA 02534
T: 508.563.5350
On Cape Cod, we go to the Chart Room for lobster salad, prime rib, baked stuffed lobster, steamers - it's total fun on the water. It's always busy, but may not get the praise it deserves.
Cape Cod
Seafood
AIRPORT GRILLE
New Bedford
American
The place at the Bedford Airport is under the radar (no pun intended).
FRANNY’S
Terrific wood-oven pizzas and simple apps made with excellent ingredients.
Prospect Heights / Park Slope
Italian / Pizza
TASTE RESTAURANT AND WINE BAR
Upper East Side
American
Eli Zabar and Devon Frederick's restaurant has impeccable ingredients simply prepared.
LUINI
We cannot resist Luini's panzarotti, it’s the most delicious panzarotti, hot out of the oil.
Centro
Bakery
HOSTERIA GIUSTI
Modena
Italian / Salumeria
AL MORO
Vicolo delle Bollette, 13, Rome, Italy 01870 (view map)
T: +39/(0)66.783.495
For the spring dish of fava beans, asparagus and peas cooked for a very long time and incomparably good.
Spanish Steps
Italian
CHECCHINO DAL 1887
Via di Monte Testaccio, 30, Rome, Italy 00153 (view map)
T: +39/(0)6.574.3816
Testaccio
Roman
For textbook perfect Roman dishes.
GINO
Vicolo Rosini 4, Rome 00186, Italy (view map)
T: +39/(0)66.873.434
For an authentic trattoria meal.
Trastevere
Italian
PIZZERIA AI MARMI
Viale di Trastevere, 53, Rome 00153, Italy (view map)
T: +39/(0)65.800.919
Trastevere
Italian / Pizza
It literally means “marble slab.”
PORTO BELLO
1,Via Bianchi, Santa Marina Salina, Italy 98050
T: +39/(0)90.984.31.25
On the island of Salina is where we could eat every day of our lives. You overlook the beautiful sea while eating the freshest fish and most wonderful pasta. We salivate just thinking about it.
Salina
Italian
RACINES
8 Passage des Panoramas, Paris, France 75002 (view map)
T: +33/1.40.13.0641
2nd Arrondissement
Wine Bar
In the Passage Panoramas in Paris.
FOUR SEASONS
www.fourseasons.com/hongkong/dining.html
8 Finance Street, Hong Kong, China (view map)
T: 852.3196.8888
Central Hong Kong
Chinese
HUTONG
Tsim Sha Tsui
Contemporary Northern Chinese
RECCO
Third Sunday of every month
Piazza Nicoloso, Recco, Italy 16036
Recco
Food / Antique Market
SANT AMBROGIO
Florence
Food Market
CAMPO DEI FIRORI
Campo dei Fiori
Food Market
The fabulous Campo dei Fiori in Rome (although memories from the early '70's make it less fabulous today).
RIALTO MERCATO
Where live specimens wriggle on the tables.
San Polo District
Food Market
Raval
Food Market
BOWRINGTON ROAD MARKET
Monday through Saturday
21 Bowrington Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 2575-7595 (view map)
We love the "wet market" in Kowloon.
Wan Chai
Food Market
Author: Jacques Pepin
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Jacques Pepin's books are a must.
JACQUES PÉPIN’S COMPLETE TECHNIQUES
Author: Jacques Pepin
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Jacques Pepin's books are a must.
JACQUES PÉPIN’S TABLE: The Complete Today’s Gourmet
Author: Julia Child
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MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 1
Authors: Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker
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It's my go to book for everything: pancakes & crepes, breads, drinks, you name it.
JOY OF COOKING
Author: Paula Wolfert
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Paula Wolfert's books are remarkable.
MEDITERRANEAN CLAY POT COOKING: Traditional and Modern Recipes to Savor and Share
Author: Julia Child
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MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING, VOL. 2
Author: Alice Waters
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THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution
Author: Richard Oley
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We love it.
SIMPLE FRENCH FOOD
