WHAT WE LIKE Antipasti, shrimp with cannellini beans, crab cake, risotto, polenta, escarole salad; branzino, marechiara, lamb osso buco, penne zingara, orecchiette; lemon tart, chocolate cake, panna cotta, gelato.

Paltrow announced the menu: roasted red peppers with anchovies, escarole salad, pasta with duck ragout.

I'd probably enjoy anything I ate on this breezy terrace, although no dish seems as flavorful as the escarole salad, veggie burrito and crisp duck I had on an earlier visit.

One of the amazing dishes it offers is its raw escarole salad with hot garlic dressing.

The women ate escarole salad with Roquefort dressing, as Remo munched on a radish.

Reserve 1 tablespoon of fat from the chicken drippings for the escarole salad.

Pour off the clear fat, reserving 1 to 2 tablespoons of it for the escarole salad.

Pour off the clear fat, reserving 1 tablespoon of it for the escarole salad.

Portobello mushrooms are given an unusual twist, roasted with a honey-soy glaze, presented atop garlic bruschetta, sharing the plate with a steamed escarole salad.

This is good news for people who appreciate his robust and distinctive style of cooking, which is especially apparent in his French escarole salad.