James’ Risotto: Food & Wine-Approved

Here’s the recipe.

Now it turns out Food and Wine EIC Dana Cowin agrees. Taste Daily reports she named the restaurant’s risotto alla Kristina one of the year’s top 10 dishes nationwide:


Cowin bestowed yet more praise on Philadelphia in the pages of her December issue, naming the risotto alla Kristina at James one of the ten “Best Restaurant Dishes of the Year.”But we knew that: the playful, Venetian-style (translation: it may not look like perfect risotto to you, but trust us) risotto made its first appearance in our pages in March, when we demanded chef Jim Burke share the technique for his loose, slightly brothy rice dish, richened with oysters and processco.

Here’s the recipe.

Now it turns out Food and Wine EIC Dana Cowin agrees. Taste Daily reports she named the restaurant’s risotto alla Kristina one of the year’s top 10 dishes nationwide:

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James’ Risotto: Food & Wine-Approved