It's a very different view than that articulated by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in his speech yesterday, where the same kinds of devices are just as well connected to each other, but run on some variety of Windows.

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Aside from being seasonally apt, the dish perfectly articulated Benu's point of view: With the torchon, he was referencing his past at the French Laundry (there's a signature foie gras au torchon on that institution's menu), and with the Japanese ankimo and cherry blossom, he was mining the legacy of the city's substantial East and Southeast Asian populations.

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