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French Laundry stories: 3 news summaries
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El Bulli Repeats as World's Top Restaurant 

Catalonian chemistry lab keeps Britain's Fat Duck in No. 2 slot

Apr 22, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the third year in a row El Bulli, the restaurant-cum-chemistry lab outside of Barcelona, has been named the world's best restaurant. Feran Adrià's "gastronomic temple" got the top gong from a group of 700 chefs and critics. For Bloomberg's food writer El Bulli is "highly technically... More »

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Spain • best restaurants • El Bulli • Fat Duck • chef • French Laundry • Per Se

Now Taking Reservations
for Sometime Next Year

The country's hardest-to-get dinner reservation is in ... Pennsylvania?

Mar 22, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, French Laundry. The US' most in-demand dinner seat is in "flyspeck" Kennett Square, Pa., 35 miles from Philadelphia, Portfolio writes. Talula's Table takes reservations for its single, 12-seat table one year in advance. "My parents paid me $30 to stand out here," says one teen... More »

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food • best restaurants • gourmet dining • Pennsylvania • restaurant • French Laundry • menu • Talula's Table • Per Se • waiting list • John Turturro • Bryan Sikora

Mouth Cancer Strikes Top Chicago Chef

Alinea master gourmet Achatz may lose taste from treatment

Jul 24, 07 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Award-winning Chicago chef Grant Achatz, owner and head chef of top-rated restaurant Alinea, has a squamous cell carcinoma in his mouth, he announced yesterday. While doctors believe his long-term prognosis is good, it is possible that the chemotherapy necessary to treat the cancer will deprive Achatz of his sense of... More »

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cancer • chef • Phil Vettel • Grant Achatz • Alinea • French Laundry • Trio • Charlie Trotter

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