Photograph: Sarah Lawhead — Photograph: Sarah Lawhead |
Mushroom and blue-cheese empanada at 5411 Empanadas
Normally something as small as this palm-size pocket would be overpowered by blue cheese. Here, it's balanced by a strong dose of thyme.

Appetizers, small plates and sides | 100 best things we ate and drank in 2012

Wednesday November 28 2012

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