4 Questions 4 David Kinch

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

[Photo by Chris Ayers]

Here’s what San Francisco Chronicle Restaurant Critic Michael Bauer says about David Kinch:
 Who would have thought that when he opened Manresa in Los Gatos six years ago that an American chef would have cooks from all over the world asking to learn in his state-of-the-art kitchen? Kinch, the protege of Barry Wine [...]

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Forget-You-Not the Flowers

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

I made a significant sacrifice Saturday night: I shared the last of our chive flowers with dinner guests. Sprinkled over slices of yellow tomatoes, the purple petals provided both color contrast and a lovely light onion flavor.
Although the chive blossoms are gone, deeper purple flowers still top our sage stalks (particularly nice for garnishing cream [...]

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Tomatoes Triumphant: A Special Dinner at Manresa

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

On Tuesday evening I treated my tastebuds to a tomato orgy and they’ve been thanking me ever since. This tomatoes-in-every-course feast had four of us swabbing out plates with bread crusts — a reaction that won’t surprise anyone familiar with the cooking of Manresa’s chef David Kinch and his staff and the [...]

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