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Matthew Kenney’s Pure Food and Wine aims to make �raw food� lovers of us all. He may be on to something.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s V Steakhouse aims to reinvent the genre, but leaves you hungry for the real thing.

If you’re a hummus or dumpling obsessive, new shrines to your favorite foods offer a singular thrill.

The neighborhood may be getting Disneyfied, but chef Zak Pelaccio’s small, intimate 5 Ninth is an exercise in authentic, simple excellence.

Blue Hill at Stone Barns, on the old Rockefeller estate 30 miles up the Hudson, delivers country dining with city sophistication.

Casa La Femme North has an odd location, a White Sheik atmosphere, and fabulous food.

At Per Se, Thomas Keller makes his triumphant return to New York. The atmosphere may be sedate, but the food is anything but.

TV’s maître d’ from hell resurfaces with a restaurant of his own, serving delightful French-American fare�and no drama.

In the meatpacking district, Ruby Foo’s Stephen Hanson combines a trattoria with a nightclub, and the mix (almost) works.

Wolfgang Zwiener, a 41-year veteran of Peter Luger’s, brings the secrets of that renowned Brooklyn steakhouse to midtown.