Chez Panisse
Alice Waters' Fascinating and Infuriating Quest for Perfection
There's no better time to both envy and reexamine the legendary Chez Panisse chef's quest for an impeccable fruit bowl.
How I Brought a Taste of San Francisco to an East End Pub
At a special dinner at The Marksman pub in Hackney, I cooked chicory salad, slow-cooked oxtail, and espresso granita inspired by San Francisco’s Zuni Café.
The Future of Food According to Alice Waters
We talked about potentially scary farming technology and why school lunches should qualify for academic credit around the US.
Your Christmas Cookies Will Taste Better with Coriander
“There’s a sourness to coriander that works really well in sweet stuff,” says American-born baker and owner of London’s Violet Bakery Claire Ptak, as she shows me how to prepare her festive ginger molasses cookies.
You Only Have Three Hours to Eat Oakland's Most Famous Fried Chicken Sandwich
In the Bay Area, where it has become easier to find venture capital than a sense of authentic community, Bakesale Betty—and its fried chicken sandwich—is a sanctuary.
How a Chicken Restaurant Saved a Schoolyard Farm from Closing
After losing its funding, the schoolyard farm at Escuela Inglesa Kent in Mexico City was prepared to shut down. But a local restaurant soon came to its aid, proposing a symbiotic relationship between the two.
Mark Bittman Wants You to Eat More Weeds
On the occasion of his new video series California Matters, we spoke to Mark Bittman about eating foraged weeds in a vacant lot and why you shouldn’t care if a dog takes a piss on your salad greens.
This Wine Bar Is a Thai Restaurant in Disguise
Wine is an unlikely powerful element of Kris Yenbamroong’s restaurant Night + Market Song, the place that brings authentic, rarified Thai street food traditions to LA. Wine has no place in those traditions, and in Thai food, generally, it has hardly...