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Comfort in 
a Bowl

Issue: September 2025

For Village Pantry co-owner Elizabeth Dotson, comfort tastes like tom kha. Her vegan take on Thailand’s iconic coconut soup has become the restaurant’s top seller—and a fragrant reminder that food can soothe, surprise, and satisfy.

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Crafting a Taco

Issue: May 2024

Highlands Smokehouse’s Bryan Lewis elevates the humble taco into the culinary stratosphere.

Celebration Mignon

Issue: December 2023

Our Deena steps away from her keyboard long enough to invite us into her kitchen.

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