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The Docsconz 15 Most Transcendent Restaurant Dishes of 2014

Posted on January 2, 2015 by docsconz

This is an extremely difficult list to put together. I’ve had so many wonderful dishes over the past year, I hate to exclude the many outstanding dishes that I enjoyed. Many a meal had more than one or even a […]




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The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by docsconz

This list is entirely subjective as they always are. Food is certainly the biggest single factor in my rankings, but ultimately the rankings are determined by the entire experience from food to service to ambiance to the mood that I […]




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My Most Memorable Meal of 2014

Posted on December 29, 2014 by docsconz

It didn’t take place at a restaurant, so it didn’t make my Top 25 List, but it was pure magic nevertheless. Perhaps it was all the more sweet because it took place at my home, but I suspect a meal […]




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Another Time at Atera

Posted on September 28, 2014 by docsconz

My first time at Atera was shortly after it opened. It was excellent, but perhaps a touch derivative. My second time, last year, showed a more assured and refined voice, that I found to be exceptional, stating
That first meal was exciting […]




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Dining at The Dairy – Dancing Ewe Farm

Posted on July 16, 2014 by docsconz

I don’t know too many people who work harder than Jody and Luisa Somers, the farmers and artisans of the delightful Dancing Ewe Farm in Granville, NY.  Already busy raising their family, tending to their sheep, making outstanding cheeses and […]




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The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2013

Posted on January 2, 2014 by docsconz

2013 was another exceptional year of dining for me. I got to travel a fair amount and it was my travel that wound up dominating this list. October and January were particularly memorable months for me and as good as […]




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A Return To Atera

Posted on November 26, 2013 by docsconz

One of the problems for me with writing about restaurants is that it is difficult to return to places that I’ve been and enjoyed when it seems that there is always something new and exciting that I have not yet […]




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Birch – A Chef Grows in Providence

Posted on July 23, 2013 by docsconz

I already knew that Chef Benjamin Sukle had talent and could cook a delicious dinner. A couple of meals at his former restaurant of employment, The Dorrance, had convinced me of that. Chef Sukle had done a stage at noma […]




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The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2012

Posted on January 2, 2013 by docsconz

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For the past few years, at the end of each year,  I have composed a list of my favorite restaurant meals of of that year. Obviously, this is a totally subjective list based upon my experience at the time […]




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Attention! Atera is For Real!

Posted on May 22, 2012 by docsconz

When it comes to combining the elements of “New Naturalism” with the techniques of  Vanguardist cooking, Chef Matthew Lightner of the new Atera in NYC learned from two of the very best and it shows both in his cooking as […]




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