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By: The 2018 List – Part 2

The 2018 List – Part 2 — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:37:22 +0000

[…] a short bar menu to choose from. Henry and I had dinner there a couple of years earlier and it was a very good experience, but I’m not sure that I’d go much above that. I understand the creativity is what gets […]

By: Keeping the Dinner Plates Spinning

Keeping the Dinner Plates Spinning — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:09:55 +0000

[…] Virgilio Martinez’ book Lima the Cookbook. You might know the name, he’s the chef at Central, the restaurant that two years running has been named the best restaurant in Latin America (and the […]

By: The Lima Wrap-Up

The Lima Wrap-Up — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:15:06 +0000

[…] a little time, as I mentioned in the last post, in the kitchen at Central, where I’d had dinner a couple of years ago, but I don’t think my friend Gregg ever got an answer back from chef Virgilio. And, […]

By: Upper Crust Trujillo Cooking

Upper Crust Trujillo Cooking — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:05:56 +0000

[…] in Lima when I’d had lunch with Greg from Central at La Picanteria, he’d told me about the chef’s “chain” of higher end restaurants, and when […]