California Cuisine is a style of cuisine marked by an interest in "fusion" – integrating disparate cooking styles and ingredients – and in the use of freshly prepared local ingredients. The food is typically prepared with particularly strong attention to presentation. The term California Cuisine arose as a result of culinary movements in the last several decades and should not be confused with the traditional foods of California.
Alice Waters, of...
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California Cuisine is a style of cuisine marked by an interest in "fusion" – integrating disparate cooking styles and ingredients – and in the use of freshly prepared local ingredients. The food is typically prepared with particularly strong attention to presentation. The term California Cuisine arose as a result of culinary movements in the last several decades and should not be confused with the traditional foods of California.
Alice Waters, of the restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, is usually credited with originating California cuisine and retains the reputation of offering the ultimate California cuisine experience. Her cuisine emphasizes the freshest ingredients which are in season and are procured solely from local farms.
Wolfgang Puck, from the Spago restaurants, popularized California cuisine by catering high profile celebrity parties such as the Oscars after party. Puck became a celebrity in his own right, one of the first celebrity chefs. Puck's restaurant ...
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