California cuisine

Rick Bayless is a chef that specializes in Mexican cuisine. He has opened up many of his own restaurants between Chicago and Los Angeles. He has a total of six restaurants and one catering company. His first restaurant he opened up was Frontera Grill, which is located in Chicago. He also opened up Topolobampo which specializes in fine dining in Mexican cuisine. Bayless has been in many TV shows and has won many awards as well as written many cookbooks. He is a chef that contemporizes Mexican cuisine, making it modern and incorporating farm to table. Chef Bayless opened up Topolobampo in 1989 in Chicago, it is opened up for a couple hours every day. The dinner menu concept for Topolobampo is really interesting, they do a seven course tasting menu. Each dish is placed in a category, there are eight different ones. The categories are vibrant, ancient, soulful, bold, fresh, complex, enchanting and luxurious. For the fresh category they have many ingredients that come from local farms. For example, he uses local fresh corns for soups or greens from the Bayless Gardens for his salads. At the bottom of his menu he states “We proudly serve handmade tortillas featuring organic heirloom corn from…

Lilly Rosas Art Culinaire Chef Fineberg Alice Waters Chef Alice Waters was born on April 28, 1944, in Chatham New Jersey. In her early years she attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in 1967 with a degree in French cultural studies. While she was attending Berkeley she made a trip to Paris, France were she broaden her tasting palate. After, when she graduated from Berkeley she started her training as a chef in Montessori school in London and learned French cooking…

Hispanics in California Ever since California first became a state in 1848 it has been a major gateway for immigrants, making it an incredibly diverse state. As of today, California is home to more Latin immigrants than any other state in America, including several members of my own family. Hispanic immigrants have hugely impacted California from economics all the way to art and entertainment. Seeing the several contributions that Hispanics have made to our state makes me incredibly proud…

Like a 1980’s broken tape recorder stuck on loop, the gazillion attractions and activities of The Golden Gate Park in San Francisco scream out to me to go explore. This “San Franciscan” park has attractions that call out to all personalities. The Flower Conservatory and Japanese Tea Garden call out to all nature lovers, while the California Academy of Sciences and the de Young Museum call out to the academic lovers. My calling, however, comes from Stow Lake, and Strawberry Hill. The man-made…

Los Angeles’s Koreatown is the symbolic heart of Korean American. The Korean cultures have been integrated in American society in different aspects, such as cuisines, beliefs, social services, and cultural events. However, because of language, cultural, and psychological barriers, Korean Americans still struggle with issue and challenges especially in employment and public health. Many cannot surpass the hardships of the glass ceiling, while others have limited access to public health services…

My grandfather from Greenville Mississippi, my mom is from Queens New York, and my dad is from a village called Les Baux-de-Provence in southern France. These are my family members who have helped me develop my own culture because they raised me. The food I eat aligns with my dad 's culture the most because he is the chef in my family, I tried to follow his footsteps by learning how to cook to the point where I even worked at a French restaurant for a while. The music I listen to however is…

In the past thirty to forty years, America has been struggling with resource management, specifically with oil However, more recently, California has been suffering from a different kind of resource scarcity- water. Here in California, many people heatedly debate on the price of gasoline, but few people are aware of the increase in water prices statewide, especially for farmers, who use eighty percent of the state’s allocated water. For farmers, the price of water has increased by as much as…

7-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 Bike the Trail WHAT: Enjoy a beautiful day outside as you ride your bike around the town of Frankfort. You and your friends will soak in the sun as you ride along three different routes while taking in the views of historic downtown and all the beauty nature has to offer. Bring the whole family out because after you 're done riding there will be a DJ dance party and a moon bounce for the kids. http://www.lwsra.org/bike/Bike%20The%20Trail%20Flyer%202016.pdf WHY:…

the wall. An ancestral altar was an indispensable stuff in their home and it placed in the most suitable place. In the anniversary, the Lunar New Year, and the fifteenth day in month, the Vietnamese immigrants burn incense as a form of notice to the ancestors. Similarly, religion has always played an essential role in Vietnamese culture. The Vietnamese immigrants often go to temple not only for good luck, but also to meet friends in the Vietnamese community. Likewise, Vietnamese Catholic people…

Just think of every Italian food that people eat all the time. More than forty percent of Americans eat Italian food at least one to two times per week. Italian immigrants brought many goods and traditions to America in the 1800’s including one of the most popular cuisines. This multidimensional cuisine is a daily meal for many Americans and many people eat Italian food on a daily basis and love it. Italian cuisine is the most popular ethnic food in America, because it is appetizing, comforting,…