In the wake of Danish chef René Redzepi’s big fancy Time cover story, food writer Josh Ozersky takes on what he calls the New Naturalism, or the culinary trend that has "Redzepi's American acolytes foraging for the nights ingredients, tramping through the forest primeval like Ewoks or the last of the Mohicans." Writes Ozersky, "Once it enters into our culinary world — taking a name, being prepared, getting served, sticking to the Velcro of social context — it stops being part of nature." [Time]
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