Those of us in Seattle know who Scott Carlsberg is and recently, we had a chance to see how he works his magic at his Lampreia kitchen, with the release of All About Apples, his collaboration with Hillel Cooperman of tastingmenu.com.
"By tweaking just a couple of ingredients or by looking at a dish from a slightly different angle, a chef can make an established or even staid dish seem new and refreshing. It is a fine, unpretentious strategy, one that often results in food that is familiar enough to be broadly appealing but different enough to excite. This is the kind of work that the down-to-earth and eminently practical Scott Carsberg, the chef and owner of Lampreia, seems to revel in, and the creations here are perfect examples."
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