<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/eat/index.html" target="_blank">Eat: Ten Great Tastes of New York, No. 8</a>

In China, they greet you by asking "Have you eaten rice yet?" In New York, they say "Have you had the gnudi?", and you know exactly what they are talking about: the newly famous, soft, rich light-as-air sheep's milk ricotta dumplings either topped with fried sage, brown butter and parmesan, or a vibrant green pesto oil, at the Spotted Pig.