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addition of a little bergamot-oilperfumed orange, avocado slices and cucumber create the ultimate crab cocktail. JoLe’s hamburger ($12) is overthe-top but still recognizable as a great burger. It combines truffleflavored cheese, a fried egg and tomato confit on a great bun—a classic dish made better. My favorite of all is the smoked pork shoulder ($14) with queso fresco and zucchini tamales. The pork gets smoked and then braised, so it’s crackly and caramelized, wonderfully moist and dripping with porky, juicy goodness inside. The tamales, made with fresh masa and folded over into a half-moon shape and pan-fried, come with a woodoven-roasted tomatillo sauce and a cinnamon-dusted corn fungus sauce. Outstanding. I could go on but I’ll stop with Sonjia Spector’s coconut cream pie ($8). She developed the recipe years ago, and it was a hit at Matyson in Philadelphia. When they opened JoLe, she thought she’d give it a rest. But when fans of their old restaurant came all the way to Calistoga, they demanded she reinstate the pie immediately. She relented, and we’re better for it. It’s ridiculously good with a supremely creamy filling surrounded by a chocolateganache-layered macadamia-nut crust. Sonjia guards the recipe well; when Bon Appetit asked to publish the recipe in its popular “RSVP” recipe feature, she declined. All told, JoLe is an insurgent jewel in the rarely-traversed-bytourists upvalley, which, thanks to the Spectors, may one day lose its mud-bath reputation to a dining destination. Matt says he and Sonjia have settled into Calistoga and are committed to making a name for themselves in the quiet part of the Napa Valley. “If it’s good, people will come,” he says. It is good—and then some.