Quote of the Day

Regarding the New California Cuisine

“When I opened Coi in 2006, the combination of haute cuisine and a casual, neighborhood feeling was something new, and to be honest it took us a while to get it right. Since then it seems like the elements — the understated room, handmade pottery, vegetable-centric, intensely personal cooking, using only local ingredients that we pick out ourselves, combined with modern aesthetic and techniques — have all entered the local vernacular. Now I see menus with Douglas fir, wood sorrel, wild radish flowers… I feel like, hopefully, we have been able to contribute to the dialogue here, maybe expanding the idea of what California cuisine is a little bit.” — Daniel Patterson, in an email to Michael Bauer preceding Bauer’s impending review of Plum. [Between Meals/Scoop]

Regarding the New California Cuisine