The Best Thing I Ate This Year - Discussion #4

Let's discuss...

OK, this one is easy … I want to know the best thing you ate all year, and where?  Uncle Ernie’s 60th birthday BBQ or the night you got lucky and scored a table at Le Bernardin? Fill me in…

And I am going to play too …  here are mine with some pics. I ate very few meals out or cooked by others—next week it’s stuff I cooked.Andrew Zimmern's Spilled Milk is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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•   Dominique Crenn’s trout with smoked mussel crème fraiche

  

•   La Boîte’s Moshe oil, tahini, Pierre Poivre and cinnamon syrup

  

• Mei Lin’s Umamei line of seasonings

  

• Curtis Duffy’s frozen Hamachi with Thai flavors

  

• Calabria Pork Store’s supply of goodies

  

• Gavin Kaysen’s cavatelli with corn and chanterelles at Spoon and Stable

  

• Ditto his pork chop with grilled peaches and tamarind

  

• Frasca’s cherry tomatoes with dashi

  

• Melissa King’s wontons with yuzu broth

  

• Brad Kilgore’s Cobia au poivre with onion glass

  

• Hawksmoor’s roasted whole sea scallops

  

• Jon and Vinny’s chicken parm

  

• Mike Solomonov’s mezze

  

• Thomas Keller’s pike quenelles

  

• Jaleo’s grilled squid with rice and ink sauce

  

• O Ya’s foie and preserved lemon

  

• Missy Robbins’  beet ravioli

  

Apologies to Russ & Daughters and Fly By Jing who kept me so well fed all year. . Can I find a pic when I need one? Of course not.

All the Best,