Matt McPherson has come home to roost. The talented chef — the “Matt” in Matt’s Red Rooster — grew up in Flemington, NJ. After graduating from Hunterdon Central High School, he flew the coop to earn a culinary degree at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America... | Every now and then, you enter a restaurant and know at once that you're going to have a fine meal and a good time. Perhaps it's a genuine welcome, or the happy buzz of diners, or the clink of glasses and aromas from an open kitchen, or a well-designed dining area with pleasant appointments and well-dressed wait staff... | Several weeks ago, while dining at Matt's Red Rooster Grill, I experienced what could only be described as a sybaritic epiphany. For there, lurking unobtrusively beneath my tender filet, I discovered a sensuous pillow of whipped potatoes that prompted the most overwhelming sense of gastronomic déjà vu I have ever experienced... |
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