San Francisco

RAVIOLO UOVO DI SAN DOMENICO
Seven Hills
1550 Hyde St.; 415-775-1550; $16
We'll let SF Weekly food critic Jonathan Kauffman explain this take on the classic egg-filled raviolo: The pasta "is so translucent it barely tints the deep green of the spinach-ricotta filling ... In an age of sous-vide eggs and hydrocolloid-gelled juices, the raviolo uovo is a reminder that old-fashioned cooking of the most refined kind can produce miracles and surprises, too."

Give it up for LA

SQUID INK CHITARRA FREDDI
Osteria Mozza
6602 Melrose Ave.; 323-297-0100; $21
Served cold to the table with a base of a squid-ink pasta made in house with the titular chitarra, the noodles are boiled to order and dumped in water to cool. Decadent delicacies from the deep are added, with fat, pristine pieces of uni melting to coat the pasta strands and Dungeness crab providing a sweet essence of the ocean, all cut by a sharp jab of fresh jalapeño, a sprinkle of sea salt, and touch of olive oil.

STRACCI
Osteria Morini
218 Lafayette St., nr. Kenmare St.;
212-965-8777; $19
You might expect Alinea's Grant Achatz to gravitate toward some whiz-bang super-noodles, but instead, he tells us that his favorite is this plate of super-rich "pasta rags" served with braised porcinis that Michael White serves at his rustic, homey (and perpetually crowded) Soho restaurant.

this looks delicious

New York

PRESSED HEAD-ON PRAWNS WITH SPICY SPAGHETTI
David Burke Kitchen
23 Grand St., at Sixth Ave.;
212-201-9119; $32
New York's David Burke is well known for his over-the-top presentations, and this spaghetti, favored by Iron Chef Marc Forgione, is no exception: Burke's staff presents the dish with the prawns, but then presses the shells in a dining-room duck press to squeeze out all the juice — which is then poured over the pasta, tableside.

WWD is RACIST

Came across this short summary today in NY Magazine. Now that the fashion world sees the Chinese as a real commodity, they must follow and observe us like a science experiment to understand better how to sale us ugly, commercial things.

http://www.wwd.com/retail-news/the-chinese-rich-hit-the-stores-3578793?browsets=1302533360581#/article/retail-news/the-chinese-rich-hit-the-stores-3578793?full=true