What Ford has created is that rare find—a restaurant with fine-dining technical distinction that still embraces the laid-back Keys spirit, where fine dining ambition meets unpretentious island ...

In formal dining settings, this act can be seen as a slight toward the chef’s skill. Chefs, especially in fine-dining establishments, pride themselves on crafting balanced, harmonious dishes.

There are at least several hundred types of salt: fleur de sel; black lava from places like Cyprus; Icelandic; greenhouse evaporated from Hawaii; extra-fine from Japan; and sel gris or gray salt ...