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This is not a great photo, technically, but it's a favorite of 2012 for all that it represents. That's Billy Harris, apparently looking for tonsils to nibble on. Next to him is Paul Kahan, the Chicago chef, entrepreneur, badass cook, and purveyor of fine meats. At right is Jonathan Waxman, chef-owner of Barbuto in NYC and one of the godfathers of the new American cuisine. Bless them, they'd all come with many other colleagues to my town to benefit our amazing West Side Market and celebrate its hundredth birthday.
The head, it will be no surprise to Cleveland food lovers, is courtesy of Jonathon Sawyer, chef-owner of The Greenhouse Tavern (he also just started an ancillary vinegar ...Clik here to view.

Say ahhhhhh. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman.
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