Photograph: Paul Wagtouicz
Photograph: Paul Wagtouicz

10. Flatbread at Dirty French

The complimentary starter has become a hallmark of the Torrisi-Carbone partnership—salty nubs of parmigiano regiano, see-through slices of country ham—but the bread-and-butter service at their Gallic-minded newcomer is the best one yet. The exceedingly fresh, fragrant flatbread, humming with North African za’atar, is buttery on its own, but that won’t stop you from schmearing on the soft, herbed sheeps-milk fromage blanc that accompanies the bread. Free.

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Food-world dynamos like the Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone, Daisuke Nakazawa and Ivan Orkin are behind this year’s top ten dishes and drinks in NYC

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The top 10 dishes and drinks of 2014 run the gamut from humble to high-minded, populist to pricey. There’s free Moroccan-spiced flatbread listed alongside $65 Peking duck, Italian ice cream sandwiches and golden, buttery uni sushi, and there’s a new bird ruling the city. These are the 10 defining dishes and drinks of the year.

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