This document is an issue of a restaurant magazine from August 2008. It highlights the 50 hottest restaurants, chefs, and dishes in Washington DC. It also includes articles about dining in Shanghai, cult wines, restaurants in Paris, and the best parties. One article profiles chef Todd Gray and his restaurant Equinox, which celebrates local and seasonal mid-Atlantic cuisine inspired by his reading of The Old Farmer's Almanac. Equinox is named restaurant of the year.
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THE 50
HOTTEST
RESTAURANTS
CHEFS &
PLATES IN DC
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CHOW DOWN IN SHANGHAI
CULT WINES!
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AND ALL THE BEST PARTIES...
THEDISH!
THE 50
HOTTEST
RESTAURANTS
CHEFS &
PLATES IN DC
+PLUS
CHOW DOWN IN SHANGHAI
CULT WINES!
THE PARIS EAT SHEET
CORDUROY STRIKES A CHORD
THIS CITY’S SWEETEST TABOO
AND ALL THE BEST PARTIES...
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Forget that lofty Larousse Gastronomique. The greatest literary
influence in super-chef Todd Gray’s life isn’t a cookbook—it’s a
dog-eared copy of The Old Farmer’s Almanac. “It’s a fascinating
book—weird, wild and witch-brewish,” says Gray of the timeless
tome, which he credits for inspiring today’s back-to-the-farm
cooking renaissance. Perhaps more than any other chef in DC,
Gray is associated with the locavore values of regionally sourced
and inspired cuisine. Equinox, which was named after a reading of
the almanac and celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, is to DC
dining what the Chesapeake Bay is to estuaries. Which is to say:
vital, surprising, deep and delicious. “This region has an incredible
mix of history and cultural influences. It’s a culinary playground,”
says Gray. Who knew that by reading an old book about weather
you could reinvent mid-Atlantic cuisine? That’s right: Todd Gray.
818 Connecticut Ave., NW, 202.331.8118.
EQUINOX HELMED BY TODD GRAY
[RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR]
Todd Gray matches his classical culinary
training with his passion for the history
and flavors of mid-Atlantic cuisine.
EQUINOX HELMED BY TODD GRAY
Forget that lofty Larousse Gastronomique. The greatest literary
influence in super-chef Todd Gray’s life isn’t a cookbook—it’s a
dog-eared copy of The Old Farmer’s Almanac. “It’s a fascinating
book—weird, wild and witch-brewish,” says Gray of the timeless
tome, which he credits for inspiring today’s back-to-the-farm
cooking renaissance. Perhaps more than any other chef in DC,
Gray is associated with the locavore values of regionally sourced
and inspired cuisine. Equinox, which was named after a reading of
the almanac and celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, is to DC
dining what the Chesapeake Bay is to estuaries. Which is to say:
vital, surprising, deep and delicious. “This region has an incredible
mix of history and cultural influences. It’s a culinary playground,”
says Gray. Who knew that by reading an old book about weather
you could reinvent mid-Atlantic cuisine? That’s right: Todd Gray.
818 Connecticut Ave., NW, 202.331.8118.
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