Dinner for two at the restaurant, with tomato consomme, roast duck and a dessert of apple cake, is about $25, with wine.

Current appetizers include lobster ravioli; littlenecks Corsini; curried oysters, and a wondrous tomato consomme.

The clear tomato consomme is another wonder, so simple, so totally flavorful.

The chilled tomato consomme delicately flavored with tarragon should be tried.

Fresh, slightly bitter sorrel soup, the essence of green, is quickly followed by tomato consomme that is crystal clear but tastes bright red.

To begin, there is tomato consomme over Louisiana shrimp with caviar, and steamed squash blossoms filled with a chicken and wild mushroom mixture.

On the lighter side is a pellucid tomato consomme that evokes midsummer, holding a delicate seafood-and-leek sausage and shiitake mushrooms.

Polly had tomato consommé.

To a cold tomato consomme, he might add a seared scallop or a crab cake.

Clear tomato consommé had a pure, elemental flavor, enhanced by tender, fragrant basil gnocchi.