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Chef Italy

Interview: Massimo Bottura (Osteria Francescana)

Massimo Bottura has established global reach from Modena, Italy, the city where he runs Osteria Francescana with wife Lisa Gilmore. In 2016, the restaurant earned the #1 spot on San Pellegrino’s prestigious The World’s...
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Comedians Los Angeles

Interview: T.J. Miller + Thomas Middleditch on Food + Booze

Few TV shows have built more indie cred than Silicon Valley, a tech-focused HBO comedy from Mike Judge featuring a brilliant cast of actors and comedians. Thomas Middleditch plays socially awkward programmer Richard Hendricks,...
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Restaurateur Chef Santa Monica

Interview: Josh Loeb + Jeremy Fox as Rustic Canyon Turns 10

Rustic Canyon Winebar and Seasonal Kitchen restaurateur Josh Loeb has gone on to open several other Santa Monica concepts with pastry chef/wife Zoe Nathan and the Rustic Canyon Family of Restaurants, including Huckleberry Bakery & Café, Milo...
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Chef Santa Barbara

Interview: chef Justin West (Julienne + Wildwood Kitchen)

Justin West started cooking by age 11 in his father’s five restaurants in Eugene, Oregon. He committed to the restaurant world at an early age. He met Emma, his wife and front of house...
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Coffee Los Angeles

Interview: Take Flight Coffee founder Deaton Pigot

Australia native Deaton Pigot is a longtime coffee professional who roasted for leading companies like Intelligentsia Coffee and Toby’s Estate Coffee. In 2016, he relocated to L.A. and launched Take Flight Coffee, contract roasting...
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Craft Beer Belgium

Interview: brewmaster Olivier Dedeycker (Brasserie Dupont)

Olivier Dedeycker of Brasserie Dupont collaborated with Tomme Arthur of The Lost Abbey on Saison, Deux Amis, a saison based on Saison Dupont, but with American hops that Arthur selected before brewing in Tourpes,...
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