A delicately spectacular appetizer crossed my palate recently at wink. Thin baguette toasts accompanied a fluffy cloud of wild salmon mousse and a mound of caramelized ramps. Ramps are wild spring alliums, rare in our neck of the woods; sweet little onions with the faintest scent of garlic. The end result? The sea and the woods in a single bite. – MM Pack

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