A very happy 40th anniversary today to Chez Panisse, Alice Waters' iconic Berkeley restaurant from which one might say the local and organic food revolution was launched. I've been lucky enough to have eaten in both the restaurant proper and also in the cafe upstairs, and both were astonishingly good. So what's the connection to our cooking in Boulder? Well, first there's the emphasis on fresh and local ingredients, simply prepared to let them shine. Also, there's a guy named Fritz associated with the restaurant who lived in Boulder in the 70s, working at John's restaurant here. On our most recent visit to Chez Panisse, our waiter told us Fritz collaborates on the Chez Panisse cookbooks, something I just confirmed via a quick visit to amazon.com. A bit of a stretch, but one could call it a Boulder connection to Berkeley.
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