With the two places you mentioned, 5th Floor and Manresa, I think there’s a lot of French influence involved. I believe the new chef at 5th Floor, Laurent Gras, is French, and I know that David Kinch at Manresa worked at at...

Manresa – full review w/ pics in context: http://uhockey.blogspot.com/2009/04/manresa-los-gatos-ca.html Due to his recent appearance on Iron Chef and Manresa’s recent appearance on the list of the 100 best restaurants in the...

constraint in advance and they should be able to pace your meal so that you have plenty of time and don’t feel rushed. The chef’s tasting or if necessary an abbreviated version, is they way to go. David Kinch is a...

to Manresa over the past couple of years to sample David Kinch’s evocatively titled “Into the vegetable garden…” dish, one thing I was highly anticipating at l’Arpège was the Arlequin potager à l’huile d’argan — radis long noir,...

thiry years ago. Thank God for free spirits like Patterson, Ron Siegel, T. Keller, and David Kinch. Link: http://www.sweetandsourspectator.org

, where, having initially helped out one day a week in the patisserie section, she became its head. Both Foxes credit David Kinch as their biggest influence. Jeremy remembers that ‘he was never satisfied with what already knew....

.S.). Chef David Kinch is mostly influenced by Catalan, French and California cuisine, but you can find many interesting Asian influences in his dishes. Manresa actually has their own gardens that they use to provide produce for...

Jeremy Fox (now at Ubuntu) was Chef de Cuisine at Manresa. The Executive Chef at Manrese - David Kinch is, of course, still there. The current Chef de Cuisine is James Syhabout. http://starchefs

and restaurants. Coi, Manresa and Ubuntu are also evolutionary, as each has adopted the same fanatical emphasis on really top quality ingredients found at Chez Panisse and its spin-offs. David Kinch has a biodynamic garden he...

is not a major consideration, and you want to have a meal that will absolutely knock your socks off, consider heading over the hill to Los Gatos, to the tiny town of Los Gatos (30 minutes from Santa Cruz). There, at Manresa...

of Sand Rock Farm in Aptos (beautiful B&B), and David Kinch of Manresa in Los Gatos. Chris Avila worked at Manresa, which tells me a lot. Other places I can’t do without: Gayle’s Bakery (Capitola) Tacquerias Vallarta...

’t want it to end. I tried to distract Aaron by telling him that his favorite chef David Kinch had just walked in; but he wisely ate his abalone before looking. Maybe next time. Our waitress placed two hot stones in front of us...

. Look for the in-depth cover stories on unique local restaurateurs:- “Uncle” Frank of BBQ fame, David Kinch, recently Lawrence C. C. Chu. (The last is a good-hearted entrepreneur and singular energy force, so...

inspirational to other talented chefs, such as David Kinch and Heston Blumenthal. Amuses ended on a delicate note with another item just as reminiscent of the outdoors – a curvy cracker carrying what seemed frost-kissed wild...

Thanks for the clear words on both, Porthos and Paul H. I happened to see Kinch on Iron Chef and was stunned by his creativity, having never heard of him before. I told myself that I have to go to his place (I never had that...