Review: At Terrine, Kris Morningstar becomes a chef's chef

Counter Intelligence: Jonathan Gold reviews Terrine, where Kris Morningstar never holds back the duck fat
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • February 20, 2015
If you are fond of visiting Los Angeles restaurants in their first months, you have run into chef Kris Morningstar a lot, probably more times than you can imagine. He has cooked at Shutters and AOC, Grace, Meson G and Opaline, Casa and the weird...
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