“[David] Chicane, a western New Yorker, is proud champion of farmers and locavorism, but that’s a story of farms and land … If he came back a changed man attuned to the Eastern philosophy of eating well and feeling well from eating, we reap the midpriced benefits at his custom-built tables.“ TIMES UNION

‘Known in New England for cooking everything from haute French to Cuban, [David] Chicane’s 30-year career was highlighted by five years as proprietor of Pearl Restaurant and Oyster Bar in Peterborough, New Hampshire. … With a quick turnaround of a 700-block storefront, Chicane returns to Pearl’s fusion of Southeast Asian influences with the opening of his Hudson Food Studio. RURAL INTELLIGENCE