1.   This delicious braised duck dish is nicely balanced by the slight sweetness and tartness of the fruit.

2.   Among those at the brasserie are marinated leeks and field mushrooms with borletti beans and crisp pancetta and braised duck crepinettes with sweet potato puree and spinach.

3.   Bertolli also grinds farro and mixes it with bread flour to make fresh pasta, a nutty base for rich sauces of braised duck or pigeon.

4.   The duck cigars were made up of braised duck meat, jalapeno peppers and cilantro rolled in a won-ton wrapper.