King’s fare gets new flair

City chefs reinterpret Elvis’s ol’ standbys
Give a chef some lemons, and he’ll whip up a chicken fricassee with carrots, mustard greens and avgolemono sauce.
Ask him to put his spin on Elvis Presley’s favorite foods and watch him twiddle his apron strings while (probably for the first time in his life) pondering the mix of […]

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