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Consumed columnist Matt Duckor's account of the night he spent working front of house at Alma, the Best New Restaurant in America

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At Roman's in Brooklyn, columnist Matt Duckor discovers, they're giving away pies once a month. There's only one catch: The pizza is really, really good.

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When Maaemo's Esben Holmboe Bang and Aska's Fredrik Berselius cooked last week, they showed the profundity, power, and subtlety of New Nordic food
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Forget the New Nordic stars: Noma, Amass, whatever. Columnist Matt Duckor has his "I get it!" moment in Copenhagen over a lunch of eggs (and eel) on rye
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Consumed columnist Matt Duckor, skeptical of white pies with tomatoes, has an epiphany at Roberta's
The Husk chef's new Nashville outpost is more than just a fling: He's got "daring" plans for the property's stables--and we've got the exclusive

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The spaces are bad, the food is uneven, and even the chefs don't know what's on the plate. Columnist Matt Duckor says: Give me a traditional restaurant!

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It may be $25 a pound, but the long-smoked meat at Daniel Delaney's BrisketTown is as good as everyone says it is

Matt Duckor

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In central Texas, columnist Matt Duckor goes on an epic quest to eat as much brisket, ribs, and sausage as he can handle

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Here's 87 seconds of ribs, brisket, fat, smoke, and meat, straight from central Texas
Paradise isn't all mai tais and loud shirts. At Merriman's, on the Big Island, columnist Matt Duckor finds an outpost of fine dining

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From fried oysters to chili dogs to Israeli lamb shoulder, it's one overindulgent evening in the life of columnist Matt Duckor

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There's nothing Matt Duckor loves more than a classic $3.50 sausage-egg-and-cheese breakfast sandwich from an NYC bodega

Matt Duckor

There's nothing Matt Duckor loves more than a classic $3.50 sausage-egg-and-cheese breakfast sandwich from an NYC bodega

Matt Duckor

Out on subarctic Baffin Island, Tadashi "Buck" Helmslemsson is cooking up miracles—and angling for a spot on the World's Best Restaurants list

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When it comes to good late-night noodles, head to Ken Oringer's restaurant in Beantown

Matt Duckor

When it comes to good late-night noodles, head to Beantown

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That is, if Attica chef Ben Shewry is any evidence. Here's how the Aussie spent his time in New York
How farmer Courtney Guerra and LA's Alma restaurant plan to be monogamous

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At Suzanne Goin's reinvented A.O.C., says columnist Matt Duckor, the humble mix of greens gets its star turn, thanks to three smart techniques

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Californians rhapsodize over In-N-Out's never-frozen patties, its special sauce, its secret menu. But is the burger chain's appeal just overheated nostalgia?

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Matt Duckor has ogled photos of Husk's dishes. He's eaten Sean Brock's food in New York. So will Husk's fried chicken taste any different in South Carolina?

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