In 1998, George Hauer recruited Trey Foshee—newly-minted by Food and Wine Magazine as America’s Best New Chef—from Sundance Resort to take over the helm at George’s California Modern (1250 Prospect St., La Jolla). There’s no doubting that Hauer has been rewarded, as has San … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Excellence at Laja in the Valle de Guadalupe
The tall-poppy syndrome is a social phenomenon—prominent in Australia, New Zealand and Canada—in which people of distinction ("tall poppies") are cut down for the simple "crime" of elevating themselves above their fellow citizens through their accomplishments. It's a syndrome … [Read more...]