en by Meg Zimbeck /  Meg, 22. Mar 2010


Photo: David Parmet

As a girl growing up in Kansas, I fantasized about the food of New York. I turned up my nose at the food of my region and instead yearned for 'exotic' things like bagels (before they were everywhere), thin crust pizza, and pastrami on rye. Imagine my amusement upon learning, during a recent trip from Paris, that the latest New York craze is something called 'haute barnyard.' Coined by New York Magazine's Adam Platt, 'haute barnyard' refers to an urban obsession with farmhouse cuisine - the kind of food from which I ran away years ago. Strangely enough, I rediscovered my country roots on the streets of New York, thanks to a handful of restaurants that have beautifully elevated this humble cuisine.

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