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?? 3 Exciting Secrets of Santa Barbara Chardonnay You’ll Love

A Wine Story

But Sanford and Benedict knew California could produce a Burgundian style if they could find a vineyard with cool-climate influences. Rita Hills American Viticulture Area (AVA), which received its designation in 2001. It exists as a maritime influence to provide a cooling effect on the vineyard.

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Before Lifestyle Influencers, There Was ‘Martha Stewart Living’

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And as we acclimated and assimilated, Martha Stewart Living recipes remained a constant — the pear upside-down cake from November 2001 and the chocolate caramel tart from August 2002 served as special occasion centerpieces or dessert offerings at potlucks.

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The Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle Is Priceless

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Following the first waves of Japanese immigrants to Hawai‘i and the Pacific Coast in the 1860s, Kikkoman constructed this influence over the ensuing decades, fostering a rare unicorn of relationships: overseas expansion without friction, the stuff of Harvard Business School case studies.

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In Defense of Prunes

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In 2001, California Prunes rebranded to California Dried Plums in the hopes of reminding consumers of the prune’s origins as the far less maligned plum. Back when he worked at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, “prunes played a natural part in our repertoire,” Lebovitz recalls, citing the restaurant’s French influence as the reason.

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Sealed With A Kiss

The Wine Knitter

Photo credit: Penny Weiss Fifth-generation Napa Valley winemaker Joe Wagner created Belle Glos Wines in 2001, inspired by his grandmother, Lorna Belle Glos Wagner, co-founder of Caymus Vineyards. The prospect of pouring a glass of opulent wine, writing a letter again, and mailing it to someone made me giddy!

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The Great Birria Boom

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Angelenos first discovered birria de res during trips to Tijuana, as did I around 2001, when the menu at Tacos Aarón featured tacos de birria, birria de caldo, and quesabirrias (birria and melted cheese in a tortilla), along with more than a dozen tacos varios (the regional name for tacos de guisado).

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All the Kitchen’s a Stage

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Barbara Lazaroff, Wolfgang Puck’s ex-wife and the co-founder of the Wolfgang Puck brand, told the LA Times in 2001. The rise of the open kitchen hasn’t just changed how diners experience their meals; it’s influenced the way chefs have to approach their work.