11.   That balance, encompassing the main ingredients along with galanga, lemongrass, chilies, basil, and very fresh herbs, can make a dish seem ethereal.

12.   The meat dishes seem familiar -- spaghetti, fish croquettes, beef in meat sauce -- with South American surprises.

13.   His gravity-defying dish seems small potatoes compared with the trouble the Leopold went to to get the dish in front of customers.