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Chef Nick Lacasse did what Richard, the faux-hawked Wonka and Lisa, the whiny toque, couldn’t do in the finale of “Top Chef”: he bested Stephanie Izard in a head-to-head cooking competition. One of the dishes he won with: a seared lobe of foie gras over toasted brioche with pickled fennel and kumquat gastrique, a perfect prep of duck liver, featuring a palate-encompassing spectrum of sweet, tangy and salty flavors.
937 N. Rush
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