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In July of 2007, CITY Magazine named ZOLA as one of the best 101 restaurants in America.  For the last eight years, ZOLA is one of seventy restaurants across the United States to have been nominated for the prestigious Ivy Award.

John Mariani, food writer for Esquire, Wine Spectator, and other magazines, had this to say about the beginnings of a meal at ZOLA.
   
"You begin not with appetizers but with 'Provocations'. The Tapenade Taster (for two) is a luscious spread of sun-dried tomatoes with capers, chicken livers with hazelnuts and a sherry glaze, French codfish brandade with aioli, Middle Eastern-style lentils hummus with walnut oil, crostini, homemade crackers, and Lebanese flat bread--a tour de force full of good flavors."

Kay West, food writer for the Nashville Scene whose readers voted Debra "Most Highly Regarded Chef" made these observations;

"Debra Paquette almost single-handedly proves the theory that a town's best restaurants are chef-owned. I am normally a model of self-control, but at ZOLA I couldn't stop eating—and picking and tasting and savoring. When it was time to go, I was happy to pack the rest of my meal in a take-home box. When I got home and realized I had forgotten the leftovers, I didn't hesitate one bit before I went back into the bitter cold and retrieved them. It was worth the trouble."

Cookbook author Martha Stamps commented on the new direction of the restaurant and Debra's cuisine, "She gives diners a culinary experience of spiritual dimension. For in the romantic dining room of ZOLA, Debra is offering dishes of enlightenment."