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FOOD & DRINK Blair Knobel FOOD & DRINK Blair Knobel

Eastern Standard

In the South and beyond, chefs chase the quiet obsessiveness of Japanese Kitchens—in the forms of wood-fired pizza crackling, tonkotsu broth, and nigiri crafted with exacting patience.

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