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Roasted corn gnocchi with cherry tomatoes is just one of the tasty treats chef Ezra Duker likes to whip up at Truffle Pig. Photo by John F. Russell

Chef Ezra Duker slices potatoes while preparing his potato gnocchi at the Truffle Pig restaurant. Photo by John F. Russell

Chef Ezra Duker uses a food mill to prepare potatoes for one of his signature dishes at the Truffle Pig restaurant. Photo by John F. Russell

Chef Ezra Duker uses a rolling pin to prepare his potato gnocchi. Photo by John F. Russell

Executive Chef Ezra Duker makes gnocchi inside the kitchen at the Truffle Pig in Steamboat Springs. Photo by John F. Russell

Chef Ezra Duker lays out strings of potato gnocchi ready to be cut and cooked for one of the tasty dishes at the Truffle Pig restaurant. Photo by John F. Russell

Chef Ezra Duker prepares his potato gnocchi. Photo by John F. Russell

Chef Ezra Duker places potato gnocchi into boiling water while creating one of his signature dishes at the Truffle Pig restaurant inside One Steamboat Place. Photo by John F. Russell

Chef Ezra Duker pulls potato gnocchi from a pot of boiling water while preparing a dish for the Truffle Pig restaurant. Photo by John F. Russell

Potato gnocchi Photo by John F. Russell

Truffle Pig restaurant is quickly becoming a fixture of fine dining inside One Steamboat Place at the base of Steamboat Ski Area. Photo by John F. Russell

Duker mixes gnocchi, mushrooms and cilantro in a skillet. Photo by John F. Russell

Mushrooms cook up in a skillet as part of Truffle Pig restaurant chef Ezra Duker's mushroom gnocchi with truffles. Photo by John F. Russell

Fresh eggs are used to make the potato gnocchi at the Truffle Pig restaurant inside One Steamboat Place. Photo by John F. Russell

Roasted corn gnocchi with cherry tomatoes is just one of the tasty treats chef Ezra Duker likes to whip up at the Truffle Pig restaurant inside One Steamboat Place. Photo by John F. Russell