Listicles

John Golden wraps up a year of professional eating for his blog The Golden Dish with a list of "The Best Dishes of 2012." At the top is a "remarkable first course" from chef Steve Corry of Portland's Five Fifty-Five (right). "A lemony goat cheese panna cotta—vividly smooth--interplayed with a puree of beets, smoked salmon, a sparkle of caviar, and chilled heritage beets. Dizzyingly delicious, this was nursery fare for the gods." [TGD]