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Fashion: Recipes For SuccessFive of New York´s hottest young chefs offer fresh takes on haute cuisine. |
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Todd Mitgang, Crave Ceviche Bar
Young gun: The co-owner and executive chef of one of New York’s hottest eateries is only 27 years old, but already he’s changing the way we think about cooking. “I felt like not enough was being done with the concept of ceviche,” Mitgang says of the method of curing meat and seafood with acidic liquids. Cuisine without fire is nothing new, but Mitgang’s take—like his cure of escolar, arctic char, duck, and lamb with brown sugar and Negra Modelo beer—is a taste to remember.
Kitchen calling: “The love and the passion for cooking, it’s in my blood,” says Mitgang, who recently added a full dining room to Crave’s 21-seat bar. “I don’t think I could ever walk away from this industry. Sometimes you want to, but you can’t.” With a degree in business and a natural flair in the kitchen, Mitgang refuses to be considered strictly a restaurateur. “Seven days a week I’m there,” he says. “I don’t just jump on the line when a cook needs help; I am the line.”
Todd Mitgang wears a Salvatore Ferragamo trench coat, $1,950; Prada knit sweater, $650; Boss Selection shirt, $225, and tie, $125; Calvin Klein Collection jeans, $450; and Versace shoes, $650. |
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