The 50 Best Restaurants 2012: A Closer Look

For six of the restaurants on our 2012 list, we go a step further by showing you what makes them outstanding. Check out all of our 50 Best Restaurants 2012 coverage.

JOURNEYMAN
Somerville

There are endless examples of this restaurant’s creativity and sophistication, perhaps none as simple as “carrot, several ways.” The dish, which occasionally appears on the vegetarian prix fixe, arrives overflowing with fall’s bounty in every imaginable preparation—from a flat carrot ribbon to cool carrot-yogurt ice cream to a crisp carrot–yuzu kosho slaw.

closer look at journeyman

Journeyman’s Tasting of Carrots

a closer look at journeyman1. Greek yogurt foam
a closer look at journeyman2. Shredded carrot—yuzu kosho slaw
a closer look at journeyman3. Roasted Minicor carrots
a closer look at journeyman4. Hazelnut terrine
a closer look at journeyman5. Carrot—Greek yogurt ice cream
a closer look at journeyman6. Roasted Thumbelina carrots
a closer look at journeyman7. Carrot ribbon
a closer look at journeyman8. Nasturtium sauce