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34-year-old wunderkind chef Ryan Hardy, a southwest finalist for the 2008 James Beard Awards, lists his olive oils on the menu like wine, and cooks up his delicacies with produce and meat—for instance a juicy lamb sausage with rapini and mustard—from his own nearby organic farm. The dinner menu changes nightly (rather than twice a year, as before), house-cured salumi is a standard, and pastas made with Hardy's own farm-raised eggs approach transcendence. Even the wine list is superb. Gems such as Napa's 1991 Dominus ($375) cost less than elsewhere and are worth the indulgence.

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From Food & Wine , FEB 2010

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From Travel + Leisure , JAN 2009

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From Food & Wine , OCT 2008

Chef Ryan Hardy's poolside menu at the Little Nell is a greatest-hits list of casual food...MORE>>

– Dana Cowin Editor’s Letter

From Food & Wine , JUL 2006

I love his farmhouse cooking: bruschetta topped with silky serrano ham, grilled asparagus and anchovies, and extra-crispy chicken with favas, radishes and pecorino shavings...MORE>>

– Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson Where to Go Next Aspen

Last updated February 2010