A LASER TO TEASE OUT SMOKE OF VANILLA

Homaru Cantu uses at his restaurant Moto in Chicago a Class 4 laser, typically used for military experiments and eye surgery, and a vanilla bean to "caramelaserize" a wineglass — that is, to coat it with the flavor of vanilla — before filling it with red wine and pairing the altered wine with a beef course on his restaurant's tasting menu

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