While San Francisco, one of the world’s great dining cities, was the primary feasting table for Michelin’s anonymous restaurant reviewers, wine country – particularly Napa and Sonoma – was also under close scrutiny. It was absolutely no surprise that Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in...
Californians scratch their heads over Michelin guide
Thursday 9 November 2006
In Northern California wine country, the biggest buzz hasn’t been about the drawn-out grape harvest, but about the European arbiter of gastronomy, Michelin, which just published its first San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 2007 guide. It was Michelin’s second stab at assessing the US restaurant scene, the first being New York last year.
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