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Pollan Bashes Country's Top Restaurant, Praises Chipotle

Posted 02.22.2012

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For the most part, sustainable food guru Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore's Dilemma etc., makes pronouncements on the broadest contours of the food ...

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WATCH: SF Restaurant Named Best In America

Robin Wilkey | Posted 12.05.2011

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In July, Chef Ferran Adria served the last meal at his famed El Bulli in Spain -- widely considered the best restaurant in the world -- before closing...

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WATCH: Thomas Keller Spills All In New Documentary

Robin Wilkey | Posted 11.22.2011

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"When we store the fish, we always store it the way it swims," explained Thomas Keller, holding a whole fish upright. "Storing a fish like this suppor...

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Thomas Keller To Host $400 Pop-Up Restaurant At Harrods

Posted 10.01.2011

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Chef Thomas Keller is bringing The French Laundry across the pond for a 10-day pop-up restaurant inside the famous Harrods department store in London ...

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Eat, Drink & Be Merry In Napa Valley

AP | MICHELLE LOCKE | Posted 08.16.2011

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NAPA, Calif. — Blessed with lavish scenery and luscious wines, the Napa Valley is the kind of place you could spend days exploring. But it's com...

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Per Se vs. The French Laundry

The Feast | Posted 07.02.2011

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Last week, Thomas Keller's three Michelin-starred NYC restaurant Per Se landed in the #10 spot on The S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list. ...

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The 50 Best Restaurants In The World According To Whom?

The Daily Meal | Posted 06.22.2011

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The fifth-best restaurant in the world? Spoon des Îles in Mauritius. Number eight? 1884 in Mendoza, Argentina. Some others in the top 50? Tangerine i...

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Everybody Eats Where? The French Laundry, Napa Valley

Mara Gibbs | Posted 06.07.2011

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Rarely has there ever been anything negative written about The French Laundry, therefore I feel it is my duty to voice my opinion honestly, which may not be in the majority but should be heard nonetheless.

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Michelin Guide Awards Six Stars To Yountville, California Restaurants

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's something to toque about: Michelin Guide's 2011 awards have bestowed six stars on restaurants in Yountville, Calif., including three for the le...

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San Francisco's 2011 Michelin Stars: French Laundry Keeps Three, Chez Panisse Down To None

SF.Eater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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After four years as the sole three star restaurant in the area, The French Laundry is joined by The Restaurant at Meadowood in its tier. Coi, Cyrus an...

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Greg Vassos at The Beard House

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dinner at the James Beard House is a big deal for any young chef. Greg Vassos, currently helming L'Escalier at The Breakers in Palm Beach, packed his ...

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so, you're visiting napa for the weekend... hotels

Alexis Swanson Traina | Posted 05.25.2011

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(This post is part 1 of 3, featuring accommodations for the perfect weekend itinerary in Napa...) The hotels below are amongst my favorites, and are ...

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Inside The French Laundry Kitchen

The San Francisco Chronicle | Lance Iversen / the Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dressed in black pants and a chef's coat, I met Hollingsworth. A blue-eyed, blond Californian, his manner is unassuming and smiley, something unusual ...

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The Dish On The 'Eat, Pray, Love' Cast Dinner At Thomas Keller's French Laundry

Posted 05.25.2011

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The cast of the upcoming film Eat, Pray, Love enjoyed an intimate dinner last night at Thomas Keller's renowned The French Laundry in Napa, following...

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Bouchon Bistro After Four Months!

Jay Weston | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am utterly besotted by the new Bouchon Bistro -- and this from an aging restaurant critic who is jaded, bored, disdainful and unimpressed by almost everything.

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Best Holiday Cookbooks

The New York Times | Christine Muhlke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Summer's homesteading how-to's and grilling guides have given way to fall's fearlessly bountiful lineup. It's the time of year when big chefs send out...

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American Cheese Mongers: the New Curds on the Block

Flora Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011

Time to show that the artisan cheese industry in the US is more than a lot of hot air from the Slow Food and sustainable agriculture movements.

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Boulud and Keller: What it Takes for American Chefs to Compete in France

Flora Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans have never even cracked the top ten in the Bocuse d'Or despite the increased quality of high-end American gastronomy and the numerous accolades received by the country's leading chefs. It's an anomaly Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller have been working furiously to eliminate.

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