Chefs and Restaurants

After-Dinner Takeaways Are the Parting Gifts That Keep On Giving

Matt Kirouac

At fine dining establishments, tasting menus don’t end with dessert, but rather with encore items designed to be packaged, brought home, and enjoyed later. At Lazy Bear in San Francisco, seasonal loaf cake (à la rum-infused banana bread, recipe) and bottled cold brew (sweetened with brown sugar syrup, cream, and a pinch of salt) extend the hospitality experience to the following morning. “In the...