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2007 Stories by Nina Lalli

• Fabio Trabocchi's Last Meal? The Food of His Youth.

  published December 25, 2007

  Fabio Trabocchi, who took over the kitchen at Fiamma in September, was wholeheartedly excused for a menu that seems too fussy to be Italian when... More >>

• Damn the Carbs!

  published December 11, 2007

  Sara Moulton, a Julia Child protégée, Gourmet Magazine's executive chef, a cookbook author, and former Food Network star,... More >>

• The Last Sipper

  published December 4, 2007

  David Wondrich, a writer and historian whose passion is America's drinking tradition, has just published Imbibe!, a book chronicling the... More >>

• Sharing the Dough: Inside a Secret Queens Dumpling Factory

  published November 27, 2007

  A few cars are pulled over on a sub- urban street in Queens around midday on a Wednesday. Their drivers sit idly, talking on cell phones. They're... More >>

• David Chang's Last Meal: Don't Forget the Pork Rinds

  published November 20, 2007

  David Chang is even busier than usual, with his third East Village restaurant, Ko, about to open and his original Momofuku Noodle Bar having just... More >>

• Rocco DiSpirito's Last Meal: Overdosing on Love, Olive Oil

  published November 13, 2007

  Rocco DiSpirito's new cookbook, Rocco's Real Life Recipes, takes inspiration from his family, his technical training, and the kinds of... More >>

• A Thanksgiving Feast For the Eyes

  published November 13, 2007

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• Michael Ruhlman's Last Meal: Piece of Cake

  published November 6, 2007

  Michael Ruhlman, the author of The Making of a Chef, The Soul of a Chef, and The Reach of a Chef, has a new book out,... More >>

• Ever Wonder What the Staff Eats at a Chinese Restaurant?

  published October 30, 2007

  A little after nine o'clock, Ricky Ker sits down for dinner at a back table of Goodies, his restaurant on East Broadway, with a waitress or two.... More >>

• Giving The Minimalist the Creeps: Mark Bittman's Last Meal

  published October 23, 2007

  Mark Bittman, The New York Times' "Minimalist," has a gigantic new book out, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, in... More >>

• Anne Saxelby's Last Meal: 'Total Cheese Debauchery'

  published October 16, 2007

  Anne Saxelby, the dairy enthusiast who started Saxelby Cheesemongers last summer at Essex Market, was bound to request some stinky items for her... More >>

• Hanging at the New Fulton Fish Market with an insider

  published October 2, 2007

  Joe Catalano tries to go to bed by 7:30 p.m. About five hours later, he hitches a ride in a delivery truck to the New Fulton Fish Market in Hunts... More >>

• Padma Lakshmi's Last Meal

  published September 25, 2007

  In some unexplainable way, Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is pretty even over the phone. She's like the good-looking girl at school who you... More >>

• Family Meal

  published September 18, 2007

  "There may be an ounce of butter— or five—in the risotto," Sean Rembold tells the servers at Marlow and Sons. The sous chef is rather... More >>

• Izakaya Hopping

  published September 18, 2007

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• Masaharu Morimoto's Last Meal

  published September 11, 2007

  For the record, Masaharu Morimoto does introduce himself just by his last name when he calls you on the phone. The chef has just published his... More >>

• Opening Night

  published September 4, 2007

  In May, when word got out about plans for a third restaurant in the Momofuku empire, an irritated David Chang issued a statement via Eater.com... More >>

• Aarón Sanchez's Last Meal

  published August 28, 2007

  Aarón Sanchez, the chef and owner of Paladar on the Lower East Side, went up against Morimoto last year on Iron Chef, in the black... More >>

• George Lang's Last Meal

  published August 21, 2007

  George Lang, at 83, seems to have lived several lives—many happy, and some incredibly difficult. Over the course of an hour or so, Lang... More >>

• David Coleman's Last Meal

  published August 14, 2007

  Full disclosure: David Coleman—or, as I know him, Coleman—is an old friend, though one I hadn't seen in a couple of years before running... More >>

• Kenny Lao's Last Meal

  published August 7, 2007

  Kenny Lao, the founder of Rickshaw Dumplings, which is about to open its second location, is a man after our own heart. Considering his dumpling... More >>

• Daniel Parilla's Last Meal

  published July 31, 2007

  Daniel Parilla, the executive chef at 5Ninth, is best known as "Chino," a nickname he got when working in a Chinese restaurant in Philadelphia.... More >>

• Tom Colicchio's last meal

  published July 24, 2007

  We hounded Tom Colicchio relentlessly about his last meal until the Top Chef judge took a break from opening Craft in L.A. to chat on his... More >>

• Andrew Carmellini's Last Meal . . .

  published July 17, 2007

  There are a lot of things to like about Andrew Carmellini, the chef at A Voce. He has a fancy résumé, but loves peasant cooking;... More >>

• Tom Valenti's last meal

  published July 10, 2007

  True, we only heard it over the phone, but we're pretty sure that Tom Valenti's devilish, frequent giggle comes with a toothy grin. After all, the... More >>