Fine dining chefs going (somewhat) more casual has been trending for awhile. For example, The French Laundry legend Thomas Keller has opened a string of Bouchon bistros and Bouchon Bakeries. In San Francisco, one of his disciples, celebrated Benu chef-owner Corey Lee built on fine dining success with Monsieur Benjamin. Lee opened this industrial chic French brasserie in Hayes Valley in 2014, complete with a fashionable fox logo, and if you’re lucky, a knockout pork special.

During a recent dinner at Monsieur Benjamin, my server recited several verbal specials. He said the kitchen had been working their way through a special pig, and asked if we might be interested in a pork duo. Yes! The plate he delivered later in the meal featured slices of roasted pork leg and a meaty slab of sautéed pork belly plated on an array of market beans – cranberry, wax, haricot vert and black – tossed with crumbles of house-made garlic sausage. Better yet, the pork plate came with a pitcher of rich, sticky pork jus. Basically, this was a deconstructed cassoulet, but given the accompaniments, was suitable for summer instead of a blustery winter night.

Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.