On Dec. 3, a culinary world still reeling from the loss of Charlie Trotter less than a month ago learned that Judy Rodgers was gone, too. It’s been a bad month to be a legendary chef.
Rodgers, the chef and co-owner of San Francisco’s iconic Zuni Café, has been one of the pillars of California Cuisine, bringing to it a grounded, unfussy simplicity and focus on deep flavors. The roots of her vision lay in three extended trips to Europe. On her first trip at 16, by pure happenstance she lived in the home of the Troisgros brothers (chef owners at Les Frères Troisgrois, now known as Maison Troisgros). After graduating from Stanford in Art History she went to work for Alice Waters at Chez Panisse—a natural fit if there ever was one.
For more see: http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/blog-1435-zuni-cafe-chef-judy-rodgers-dead-at-57.html
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