Need a visual aid for your print edition? Jonathan Gold visits The Tasting Kitchen on Abbot Kinney (“as with a surrealist museum show or a performance of García Lorca, you come to experience something unsettling, or at least to parse what is meant by 'hen bread pudding'''). Click through for Anne Fishbein's spectacular photos and read more in Gold's Counter Intelligence, “Oregon Style: The Tasting Kitchen.”

hurrying to set up the second floor dining room; Credit: Anne Fishbein

hurrying to set up the second floor dining room; Credit: Anne Fishbein

home-cured green beans; Credit: Anne Fishbein

home-cured green beans; Credit: Anne Fishbein

dining room of The Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

dining room of The Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

freshly sliced prosciutto; Credit: Anne Fishbein

freshly sliced prosciutto; Credit: Anne Fishbein

Jesse, The Tasting Kitchen's chef de cuisine; Credit: Anne Fishbein

Jesse, The Tasting Kitchen's chef de cuisine; Credit: Anne Fishbein

bowl of fresh figs; Credit: Anne Fishbein

bowl of fresh figs; Credit: Anne Fishbein

cutting the ricotta and acorn squash ravioli at the Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

cutting the ricotta and acorn squash ravioli at the Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

Santos with 6 wine glasses, at The Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

Santos with 6 wine glasses, at The Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

Rigatoni Bolognese with dandelion greens and Parmesan at the Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

Rigatoni Bolognese with dandelion greens and Parmesan at the Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

butter lettuce herb salad with lemon tarragon cream, radish and Point Reyes bleu cheese; Credit: Anne Fishbein

butter lettuce herb salad with lemon tarragon cream, radish and Point Reyes bleu cheese; Credit: Anne Fishbein

raisin walnut bread pudding with creme Anglaise and candied walnuts; Credit: Anne Fishbein

raisin walnut bread pudding with creme Anglaise and candied walnuts; Credit: Anne Fishbein

lamb rib chop at The Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

lamb rib chop at The Tasting Kitchen; Credit: Anne Fishbein

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