Amy Scattergood

Gary Menes and crew at Marché; Credit: Anne Fishbein

Gary Menes + François Renaud Pop-up at Olive & Thyme

Amy Scattergood
Chef Gary Menes (Marché, Palate Food + Wine, Patina), who left Palihouse at the end of 2010 to open his own restaurant with business partner François Renaud (Cafe Stella, Palate), is still working on the details of the new restaurant. But in the meantime, Menes and Renaud have announced a......
Anne-Sophie Pic; Credit: Jeff Nalin/Maison Pic

S. Pellegrino Names Anne-Sophie Pic World's Best Female Chef

Amy Scattergood
Every year S. Pellegrino names the world's 50 Best Restaurants, and in advance of this year's awards, the water company has announced a new award: the World's Best Female Chef. The winner, unsurprisingly, is Anne-Sophie Pic, whose restaurant Maison Pic is in Valence, France. In 2007 Pic became only the......
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Governor: Jerry Brown's Low Rent Birthday Cake

Amy Scattergood
Happy Birthday, Governor Brown. Jerry Brown tweeted his surprise (and characteristically low rent) birthday party yesterday -- the governor turned 73 on Thursday, April 7th -- which appears, via YouTube, to have involved a traditional sheet cake, a venue that resembles the setting of an AA meeting, and his corgi......