{"id":3318,"date":"2014-12-20T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T15:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2017-06-17T20:55:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T01:55:36","slug":"2014-best-bite-20-tagliolini-nero-balena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/20\/2014-best-bite-20-tagliolini-nero-balena\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Best Bite #20: Tagliolini nero, Balena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>For the third year in a row, I&#8217;m using each day in December to celebrate the rest of the best bites (and sips) that I didn&#8217;t get to blog about in 2014, posted in chronological order. <a title=\"Best Bites\" href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/category\/best-bites-2\/\">Browse all of this year&#8217;s Best Bites<\/a>, or look back at year-end Best Bites from <a title=\"2012 Best Bites recap\" href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/2012\/12\/31\/recap-30-best-bites-of-2012\/\">2012<\/a> and <a title=2013 Best Bites recap\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/31\/recap-30-more-best-bites-of-2013\/\">2013<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3351\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/balenatagliolininero.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/balenatagliolininero.jpg\" alt=\"Tagliolini nero, Balena\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3351\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/balenatagliolininero.jpg 554w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/balenatagliolininero-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/balenatagliolininero-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tagliolini nero with crab, sea urchin, and chili<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why it&#8217;s another 2014 Best Bite<\/strong>: This year I found out why this pasta dish is still a fixture on the Balena menu: it&#8217;s equal parts lavish and simple, and captures the flavors of the sea in a remarkable way (<em>Time Out Chicago<\/em> evidently agreed, since tagliolini nero made its list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/restaurants\/25-essential-Chicago-dishes-and-drinks\" title=\"Time Out Chicago\">the 25 essential Chicago dishes and drinks<\/a>). Twisting briny pasta around buttery urchin, tender crab, and spicy red chili peppers made for seafood pasta heaven.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/28\/this-weeks-best-bite-cauliflower-pizza-and-gelato-sundaes-balena\/\" title=\"This week\u2019s Best Bite: Cauliflower pizza and gelato sundaes, Balena\">View another Best Bite from Balena<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The details<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/balenachicago.com\" title=\"Balena\">Balena<\/a>, 1633 N Halsted St., Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"OTButton\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.opentable.com\/ism\/link.aspx?rid=82564&#038;restref=82564&#038;bgimage=https:\/\/secure.opentable.com\/img\/frontDoor\/ot_btn_black.png\"><\/script><noscript id=\"OT_noscript\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opentable.com\/balena-reservations-chicago?rtype=ism&#038;restref=82564\" >Reserve Now On OpenTable.com<\/a><\/noscript><a id=\"OTPoweredBy\" class=\"OTPoweredBy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opentable.com\/balena-reservations-chicago?rtype=ism&#038;restref=82564\" >Powered By OpenTable<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[googlemaps width=300 height=300]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third year in a row, I&#8217;m using each day in December to celebrate the rest of the best bites (and sips) that I didn&#8217;t get to blog about in 2014, posted in chronological order. 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