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| | Sushi and wine: pairing wine with sushi, sashimi, wasabi - on StarChefs |
 | | Most diners are content to wash down their sushi and sashimi with beer or (forgive them) hot sake, while urbane types hope the house offers a few good cold sakes. |
 | | The trend is most evident at innovative "new-style" Japanese restaurants working more or less under the influence of Nobu Matsuhisa, but it is also seen in the many New American and French restaurants, where wine is the beverage of choice, that offer raw fish preparations as first courses. |
 | | And last summer, the Mario Batali-Joe Bastianich team introduced an Italian answer to sashimi, called crudo, which is meant to be paired with wine, at their new restaurant, Esca, in New York. |
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