Getting Through Winter With a Little Help From Our Friends

The happy occasion of another birthday for Ben Terziani brought the good fortune of the good company of friends to our neck of the woods. Above, Jen Ruske feted the evening in style, beginning with admirably swish cocktails at The Corner at Hotel Tivoli.

A royal feast afterwards at PanZur proved that creativity married to profoundly deep flavors is still the rural restaurant's trademark. Dishes sampled included a soup of caramelized onion juice with black onion "dirt"; a sample of cold cuts and pates made from the head of the pig; smoked scallion, cheddar, bacon and okra flatbread; croquetas; beet and fermented turnip salad; mole popsicles and so much more.