In Ten Years, Emmer & Rye Grew From 20 Covers a Night to a Pillar of Texas Dining | Eater Austin

"It’s audacious to ban cameras from capturing Nicosi’s showstopping plating, but the dessert bar’s chef-partner, Tavel Bristol-Joseph, is concerned about shutterbugs interrupting the dining experience. To keep newbies on their toes, the restaurant eschews posting its three-month menu online or showing finished dishes on social media. The dishes are all over the place, but they tend to sneak in flavors like za’atar, bean and cheese, and other thunderbolts of bitter or umami that challenge conceptions of what desserts can be." - H. Drew Blackburn