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As if plucked from a fairy tale forest, the King Royal Trumpet from Third Kingdom stars a large raviolo styled like a spotted mushroom, with a variety of flowers and broccoli-spinach sauce enhancing the overall effect.

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As many chefs will attest, each dish contains a story, with some being especially complex and compelling. Such is the case with the King Royal Trumpet—a headliner at the mushroom-themed vegan restaurant Third Kingdom in New York. The sizeable raviolo is dyed with beet juice and stuffed with trumpet mushroom ragu, while white dots of plant-based “ricotta” adorn the cap. Broccoli-spinach sauce provides a verdant forest floor, but the scene isn’t quite complete without an array of flowers encircling the mushroom and completing the fairy tale of a dish.

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