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“21” Club, 154
Académie Internationale du Vin, 159
Accomplisht Cook, The (May), 107 Acme Bread Company, 91
Acton, Eliza, 342
ACT UP, 274
Adams, Charlotte, 342
Adams House, 33, 34, 36
Addison, Bill, 337
Adler, Kurt Herbert, 85
Adler, Randy D., 152, 368
Adrià, Ferran, 1–2, 343
Ahwahnee Hotel, 132
AIDS, 221, 231, 233–34, 255, 271–76, 279, 290, 291, 304
Air France, 279
airport check-ins, 166–67
À La Votre, 86
Alcohol Control Board, 156
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, 264
Alexander, Penny, 275–76
Alexander, Victoria, 342
Alford, Jeffrey, 342
Ali-Bab, 82, 342
Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (Toklas), 44, 67–68, 99–100, 191–92, 370
Alioto, Angela, 268
Allen, Ida C. Bailey, 342
Allison, Len, 323
Allman, Gregg, 292
Almanach des Gourmands (Reynière), 82, 367
American Cookery (Beard), 114, 131, 344
American cuisine, 115–18, 165, 176–77, 201–3, 219–20, 316–18, 321–22
American Institute of Wine & Food, 154–55, 163–64, 291, 318
American Place, An, 202, 300, 301, 316
American Restaurant, The, 116, 187, 188
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 287
America’s Best Chefs Cook with Jeremiah Tower (TV show), 325–26, 370
America’s Test Kitchen (TV show), 61, 323–24
AmfAR, 231
Anger, Kenneth, 343
Angotti, Tony, 271–72, 278, 312
Another Country (Baldwin), 41
Apple, Betsey, 242
Apple, R. W. “Johnny,” Jr., 3, 211, 242
Aquatic Farms, 154
Aquavit, 335
Arenos, Pau, 343
Aresty, Esther B., 343
Aron, Jean-Paul, 343
Arrows Restaurant, 334
Art of War (Sun Tzu), 171
Arzak, 339, 343
Asher, Gerald, 136, 182, 190, 250
Asia de Cuba, 335
Auberge du Soleil, 217
Auchincloss, Louis, 249
Audot, Louis Eustache, 343
Au Pactole, 110, 124
Aureole, 308–9
Australia, 7–8, 10–13, 184, 318–20
Australian Gourmet Traveller, 219
AZT, 233–34, 273
Bacchini’s, 147
Bacon, Francis, 78
Baer, Jim, 269, 282–83
Balboa Cafe, 155–56, 157, 189
Baldick, Robert, 343
Balducci’s, 168–69, 171
Baldwin, James, 41, 109
Balenciaga, Cristóbal, 37
Baliantz, Armen, 246–47
Balthazar, 313
Barber, Dan, xv, xvi, 4
Barker, Brad, 170
Barry, Naomi, 135, 344
Batali, Mario, xvi, 3, 242, 293, 311, 327
Bates, Caroline, 113, 210–11
Batori, Ron, 150, 152, 193
Batterberry, Ariane, 20–21, 120, 344
Batterberry, Michael, 20–21, 120, 344
Bauer, Michael, 212, 335
Baum, Joseph, 117, 154, 168, 210, 302
Beard, James, 50, 113–19, 135–36, 139, 154, 168
bibliography, 344
Chez Panisse and, 100, 113–15, 128–29
conversations about career, 113–19, 122
death of, 217–18, 219
dinners and menus for, 128–29, 140–41, 182–83, 197–98
Stars and, 204–5, 210, 232
Beastie Boys, 298
Beaton, Cecil, 58–59, 60, 62, 191, 344
Beatty, Warren, 252
Bechet, Sidney, 98
Beck, Simone “Simca,” 135, 344
Becker, Marion Rombauer, 367
Bedford, Sybille, 135, 144, 154
Beebe, Lucius, 207, 304, 345
Beechwood, 2–3, 165, 169–76
Beerbohm, Max, 122
Bemelmans, Ludwig, 345
Bentley (basset hound), 265
Berkeley Independent-Gazette, 115
Bernard, Emile, 351
Bernstein, Leonard, 37
Berowra Waters Inn, 184
Bertranou, Jean, 316
Besson, Gerard, 231
Betty Ford Clinic, 252
Bianchini, Francesco, 345
Bibendum, 242, 359
bibliography, 341–73
Big Sur, 47–48, 54, 137
Bilson, Gay, 184
Bilson, Tony, 184, 365
Birnbaum, Jan, 230
Bishop, Willy, 139
background of, 78
at Chez Panisse, 72, 74, 78–79, 91–92, 94, 95, 97, 99, 101, 119, 121
drug use and jailing, 103–4, 230–31
Bitanga, Benjamin, 224, 288–89, 291
Bittman, Mark, 345
Bize-Leroy, Lalou, 233
Bizou Café, 292
Black Panthers, 46, 47
Blanc, Georges, 242, 345
Blank, Les, 124
Blass, Bill, 260–61
blinis, 35, 140, 141, 198, 287
Bloomfield, April, xvi
Blue Hill at Stone Barns, xv, xvi
Blue Water Grill, 252, 318
Bober, Phyllis Pray, 346
Bocuse, Paul, 125, 127, 175, 202, 211, 256, 357
Boeckmann, Susie, 346
Bollinger, Lilly, 169–70
Bon Appétit, 328
Bond, James, 293
Bora Bora, 239
Borrel, Anne, 346
Boston Globe, 176, 211
Bottura, Massimo, xvi, 4
Boulestin, Marcel, 36, 77, 208, 342, 346–47
Bouley, David, 333
Boulud, Daniel, 335, 338, 347
Bourdain, Anthony, 346
Bowes, Frances, 262
Bradley, Richard, 347
Bramson, Ann, 241
“Brassplate Society,” 246
Bravo, Rose Marie, 255, 258, 261
Brennan, Ella, 316
Brillat-Savarin, 110, 347, 372
Brinkley, David, 249
Brock, Alice, 106
Broderick, Matthew, 262
Brooklyn Bridge, 201
Brown, Bob, 347
Brown, Carter, 255
Brown, Eleanor, 347
Brown, Helen, 347
Brown, Pat, 181, 317
Brown, Willie, 261
Brown’s Hotel, 40
budgerigars, 8
Budrick, Jerry, 93, 123
Bullock, Mrs. Helen, 347–48
Burros, Marion, 231, 295, 296, 315, 331
Caen, Herb, 100, 123, 209–10, 217, 221–22, 228, 240, 241–42, 255, 260, 274
Café des Artistes, 21, 242
Cage, John, 46
Caine, Michael, 251
California cuisine, xi–xii, 2–3, 126–27, 164, 165, 172–73, 176–77, 183–84, 201–3, 293, 297–98, 315, 321–23, 337. See also specific restaurants and chefs
“California Cuisine” (Schofield), 219, 302, 368
California Culinary Academy, 148, 150–52, 155, 193
California Dish (Adler), 152
California Hotel (San Francisco), 117–18
California Regional Dinner (1976), xi–xii, 2, 20, 126–27, 159, 298
California Supreme Court, 272, 276
California Union, 175
California Wine Perspective, 298
California Zephyr, 31
Canadian Pacific Hotels, 270
Cap Juluca, 269
Capon, Robert, 4, 347–48
Capote, Truman, 163
Carême, Marie-Antoine, 125, 128, 287, 324, 370
Carmellini, Andrew, xvi
“Carnage of Geraniums, A” (Montesquiou), 51
Carnegie Hall, 281
Carson, Rachel, 50, 348
Carter, Edward, 321–22
Castañeda, Carlos, 46
Cathay Pacific, 275
Caulfield, Lore, 327
caviar blinis, 35, 140, 141, 198, 287
Cayson, Eddie, 233
Celebrity Sports International, 321
Chagall, Marc, 122
Chalone Vineyard, 154–55, 159
Chamberlain, Samuel, 82, 348
champagne, 169–70, 174
“Champagne Palace” (Green Street house), 33–37, 43–44, 48–49
Chandon, Frédéric, 249
Channing, Carol, 228–29, 264
Chateau d’Yquem, 37–38, 144–45, 199, 257
Chateau Grillet, 199
chef as superstar, 250–51
Chefs in America, 281
Cheremetev, Count, 35, 105
Cherikoff, Vic, 348
Cheshes, Jay, 4
Chez L’Ami Louis, 108, 174
Chez Panisse
advertisement for chef, 55, 69–70
bombshells at, 119–21
final bow at, 127–30
finances of, 72–73, 86–87
first meeting with Alice, 69–70, 71–73
as head chef, 73–79, 89–111, 113, 118–30
influence and legacy of, 202, 295–97, 298–99, 315, 337
kitchen crew at, 78–79, 104
lamb incident, 95–96, 162, 198
last of French festivals, 124–26
menus, 2, 71, 74–78, 81–87, 104–7, 110–11, 122–23, 124–27
Alice B. Toklas Dinner (1974), 99–100, 127
Alsace Dinner, 124–25
Best of Chez Panisse, 127–29
California Regional Dinner (1976), xi–xii, 2, 20, 126–27, 298
Champagne Regional Dinner (1973), 83, 84
Corsican Dinner, 106–7
Dinner for Chez Panisse Friends (1981), 195
Moroccan Regional Dinner, 100–101
New Year’s Eve Dinner (1973), 85–86
New Year’s Eve Dinner (1975), 111
Sauternes Dinner, 105
Third Birthday (1974), 102–3
myth of, 307–8
sale of, 123–24
tenth birthday party (1981), 307
third birthday of (1974), 101–3
twenty-fifth anniversary party (1996), 332
typical week at, 89–98
Chez Panisse Foundation, 296
Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook, The (Guenzel), 105, 127, 130, 151, 306, 307–8, 356
Chez Prunier, 12–13
Chiang, Cecilia, 132–33, 141, 154, 190, 198, 201
Chiarello, Michael, 231
Chicago Tribune, 333
Child, Julia, 135, 154–55, 201, 202, 231, 242, 256, 281, 306, 322, 344
Chinatown, San Francisco, 89–90
Christian Science Monitor, 176
Christy, George, 249
Cipriani, Harry, 348
Citymeals-on-Wheels, 231, 243, 244–46, 281–82, 291, 292, 299, 312
Claiborne, Craig, 154, 219
Clement, Brooks, 47–48
Clift Hotel, 132, 335
Club des Cents, 108
cocaine, 101–2, 103–4, 157, 303–4
Cocteau, Jean, 207, 348
Colacello, Bob, 260, 262
Colette, 191, 348–49
College, Antioch, 152–54
Collier, Richard, 240, 241, 272
Collins, Gina, 325–26
Collins, Joan, 228, 257
Commander’s Palace, 116, 316
Condé Nast, 255
Connoisseur Wine Imports, 110, 196
Conrad, Barnaby, 349
Cooper, Gary, 163, 203
Coppola, Francis Ford, 107, 154, 261–62
Corbetta, Francisco, 345
Core, Philip, 48–49, 50–51, 53, 71, 162–63, 255, 349
Corti, Darrell, 106, 125, 141, 151, 154, 193
Courtine, Robert, 82, 349
Coward, Noël, 36
Coyote, Peter, 262
Craddock, Harry, 349
Cragun, Richard, 48–49
cranberries, 165–66
Creeley, Robert, 34
Crocker Bank, 157, 206–7
Crowninshield, Frank, 116–17, 349–50
Crystal Cruises, 291
Cuba, 31, 39
Cuisine (magazine), 181, 317
Cuisine et Vins de France, 108
Cunanan, Andrew, 237, 286
Cunningham, Marion, 114, 118, 133, 138–39, 140, 198, 322, 331
Curnonsky, 82, 125, 350
Curtan, Pat, 195
Czuczman, Oxsana, 170
Dalí, Salvador, 107, 130, 350
Daly, Tyne, 259
Danko, Gary, 321
Danny’s (Baltimore), 116
Dansereau, Serge, 184, 318
David, Elizabeth, 36, 70, 77, 135–37, 144, 154, 350
David, Narsai, 182
Davidson, Alan, 96, 350
Davis, Irving, 351
De Croze, Austin, 82, 351
Decure, Madeleine, 108
De Gouy, Jean, 351
De Groot, Roy Andries, 351
De Jean, Madeleine, 233
De la Renta, Oscar, 235, 249, 261
Del Grande, Robert, 312, 316
Delmonico’s, 2, 20, 114, 122–23, 337–38
“De Profundis” (Wilde), 54
Detroit News, 296, 323
De Young Fine Arts Museum, 159
Dietrich, Marlene, 86, 163, 204
Die Welt, 242, 269–70
Dixler, Hillary, 1
Dodge Dart, 89, 90–91
Domaine Tempier, 109, 110, 195–96
Domingo, Placido, 281
Douglas, Kirk, 249
Douglas, Norman, 46, 341, 345, 351
Douglas, Tom, 334
Doyle, Peter, 184
Draper, Ruth, 249
drugs. See cocaine; marijuana; opium
Dubois, Urbain, 82, 125, 351
Ducasse, Alain, 231, 352
Dufresne, Wylie, xvi
Duguid, Naomi, 342
dulce de leche, 16
Dumaine, Alexandre, 108, 352
Dumas, Alexandre, 53, 352
Duncan, Robert, 100
Dunlop, Fuchsia, 1, 339
Dunne, Dominick, 249
Dupleix, Jill, 231, 255, 302, 352
Duprey, Ken, 198
Durack, Terry, 231, 255, 352
Durrell, Lawrence, 352
“East Meets West,” 148–49
Ebert-Schifferer, Sybille, 353
Edible Schoolyard, 296
Egypt, 15, 17
El Bulli, 1–2, 331, 341
Eleven Madison Park, xvi, 287, 338–39
Entertainment Tonight, 246
Epicurean, The (Ranhofer), 2, 20, 122–23, 366
Epstein, Jason, 308
Escoffier, Auguste, 2, 50, 61, 125, 198, 353
Esquire, 3–4, 327
Etheridge, Jeannette, 246–47, 257, 268
Evans, Len, 242
Evelyn, John, 82, 353
Exaltation of Larks, An (Lipton), 329
Faking It (Lane), 262–63
Farley, John, 353
Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 353
Farmers’ Weekly, 107
Fat Duck, The, 331
Fauchon, 31
Feinstein, Dianne, 211
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe, 354
“fern bars,” 156
Ferré, Gianfranco, 230, 249, 255, 261–62
Festival of American Chefs, 315–16
Field, Michael, 36
Fielding, Daphne, 354
Fiji, 9–10
Finigan, Robert, 95–96, 130, 162, 198, 199–200, 209, 210, 335
Firbank, Ronald, 354
Fisher, M. F. K., 154, 231, 233, 263–64, 340
Flandrin, Jean-Louis, 354
Flo Group, 313
Florida Winefest, 320
Focus, 164, 233, 243, 251
Fonteyn, Margot, 48–49
Food & Wine, 189, 230
Forbes, Malcolm, 249, 258, 299
Ford, Charles Henri, 122
Forgione, Larry, 185, 187, 201, 202, 300, 301, 302, 312, 316
Four Seasons, 21, 114, 116, 117, 126, 168, 203, 337–38, 362
Fourth Street Grill, 155
Franey, Pierre, 154
Franz, Mark, 159, 232, 253, 276–79, 282, 292, 317, 355
Frasier, Clark, 334
French Laundry, 334
French Menu Cookbook (Olney), 52, 64–65, 363–64
Frères, Coudert, 231
Freson, Robert, 355
Fulton Fish Market, 169
Fussell, Betty, 355
Gable, Clark, 203–4, 210
Gaier, Mark, 334
galahs, 7–8
Galanos, Jimmy, 258
Galatoire’s, 52, 334
Gallo, Ernest, 242
Garden Project, 296
gardens (gardening), 11, 13, 27, 28, 40–41, 43
Garin, Georges, 52, 109, 125, 363
Garrapata Trout Farm, 19, 81
Gastronome, 232
Gattey, Charles Neilson, 355
Gault Millau, 120, 175, 221
Gavin, John, 250, 264
Gay and Lesbian Campaign, 259
Gaynor, Mitzi, 264
Getty, Ann, 156, 257, 259, 263
Getty, Billy, 259
Gibbons, Euell, 50, 79, 355
Gilbert, Philéas, 125, 363
Gilbert, W. S., 177
Ginor, Michael, 355
Ginsberg, Allen, 34
Glasse, Hannah, 355
Goines, David Lance, 102
Golden Gate Bridge, 254
Golden Harvest Films, 282, 284
Goloub, Hélène, 356
Good Cook, The, 134, 141, 143, 148, 356
Good Morning America (TV show), 11–12
Gopnik, Adam, 355
Gordon, Elizabeth, 54
Gordon, Peter, 355–56
Gordon Ramsay Group, 339
Gourmet, 36, 58, 82, 113, 114, 119, 135, 136, 207, 210–11, 250, 292, 297, 332, 334–35
Graff, Dick, 154–55, 187, 230, 318
Graham, Katharine “Kay,” 51
Gramercy Tavern, 333–34
Great American Menu, 131–34
Great Australian Bight, 15–16
Greene, Gael, 154, 231
GreenLeaf, 329
Greensill, Mike, 210
Griffini, Orso Cesare, 356
Grigson, Jane, 143–44, 154, 356
grills (grilling), 7–8
Gritti Palace, 121, 199, 296
Gross, Michael, 257–58
Guenzel, Linda, 96, 130, 151, 307, 308, 356
Guérard, Michel, 125, 202, 356–57, 363
Guernsey, Tom, 71, 92
Guevara, Ernesto “Che,” 31, 39
Guggenheim, Mary, 135
Guidara, Will, xvi
Guillot, André, 357
Guthrie, Arlo, 106
Haldeman, H. R., 93–94
Hale, Denise, 221, 228–29, 232, 234–37, 249–50, 255, 258, 259, 261–64, 266, 288, 289
Hale, Prentis Cobb, 229, 237, 270, 288
Hamilton, George, 258
Harper’s Bazaar, 261
Harris, Genevieve, 342
Harrison, Rex, 249
Harrods’ Food Hall, 25, 30, 79
Harry’s Bar, 242, 296
Hartley, Dorothy, 357
Harvard College, 33–34, 36–37, 43–44
Harvard Graduate School of Design, 44, 66–67, 220
Harvard Square, 43–44, 49
Hay, Donna, 357
Hays, Carole Shorenstein, 258
Hazan, Marcella, 357
Heflin, Van, 203
Henry Africa’s Bar, 156
Herbst, Sharon Tyler, 357
Hess, John L., 358
Hess, Karen, 358
Hierneis, Theodor, 358
Highlands Bar & Grill, 194, 230, 300, 316
Hilton International, 120
Hinckle, Warren, 265
Hine, Bernard, 255
Hirtzler, Victor, 358
Holder, Geoffrey, 148
Holman Ranch, 18–19
Holyfield, Dana, 358
Hom, Ken, 148–50, 193–94, 358–59
Hoover, Herbert, 53
Hopkinson, Simon, 359
Horse & Groom, 41
Hotel Pierre, 244, 298
Hotel Pontchartrain, 46
Howard Hughes Corporation, 312
Huffington Post, 4
Humm, Daniel, xvi, 338–39
Huston, John, 144
Huysmans, Joris-Karl, 359
Hyde Park Hotel, 24–26
Iacocca, Lee, 281
Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S., 138
Independence, SS, 17
In Flight Catering Association, 269
Innovations in Food (1983), 165–76
International Association of Culinary Professionals, 281
International Wine & Food Society, 256
Ireland, 39–40
Isaacs, Jennifer, 348
Ivey, Lee, 131, 140
Jackson, Stanley, 359
Jaeger, Lila, 155
James, Michael, 135
James Beard Foundation, 155, 281, 306, 320, 321
Jams, 202, 203, 297–98, 300, 311–12, 316
Janson, Charles William, 359
Japanese Hotel and Restaurant Association, 287
Jean-Louis: Cooking with the Seasons (Matron), 308, 362
Jeremiah Tower Cooks, 330, 371
Jeremiah Tower’s New American Classics, xi, 241, 306, 371
Johannes, Prince of Thurn and Taxis, 191–92
Johnson, Hugh, 154
Johnson, Philip, 168
Jones, Judith, 119, 231
Jordan, Frank, 287
Jordan, Sally, 234–35, 263
Joseph Phelps Vineyards, 110, 148, 194–95, 231, 233
Jullian, Philippe, 135
Kafka, Barbara, 154, 168, 187–89, 204–5, 208, 242, 349
Kafka, Franz, 271
Kamman, Madeleine, 154, 231
Kaye, Danny, 204–5
Kaytor, Marilyn, 359
Keenan, Brigid, 359–60
Keller, Hubert, 189, 190
Keller, Loretta, 292
Keller, Thomas, 334, 360
Kelly’s Bar, 47
Kempner, Nan, 258, 261
Kennedy, Diana, 230, 231, 360
Kennedy, John F., 69, 132
KGB, 247, 255
Khrushchev, Nikita, 131
Kimball, Chris, 61, 231, 323–24
Kimpton, Bill, 216, 217, 225
King and I, The (musical), 258
Kirov Ballet, 246–47, 255
Kissinger, Henry, 249
Kitt, Eartha, 148
Klein, Calvin, 260
Knapik, Harold, 360
Knox, Tony, 363
Kobayashi, Masataka “Masa,” 189, 190, 213–14, 216–17
Kohn, Joshua, 104
Kokonas, Nick, xvi
Kovi, Paul, 168, 362
K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen, 187, 188, 312
Kraus, Sibella, 295
Krim, Mathilde, 231
Kroyer, Victoria, 70
Kuh, Patric, 126, 360
Kumin, Albert, 168
La Coupole, 210, 242, 279
La Cuisine du Comte de Nice (Médecin), 102, 362
Lagasse, Emeril, 316
Lam, Noreen, 277–78
Lane, Kenneth Jay, 258, 262–63
Lang, George, 16, 21, 242, 360
Langone, Jan, 117
language of menus, 57–68
Lanson, Pierre, 255
Lanta, Anna Tasca, 360
Lapérouse, 58–60
La Pyramide, 21, 175
Larousse Gastronomique (Montagné), 36, 82, 125, 363
Last Days of Haute Cuisine, The (Kuh), 126, 360
Last Magnificient, The (film), 15
Las Vegas, 270, 312
Las Ventanas al Paraiso, 292
La Table au Pays de Brillat-Savarin (Tendret), 52–53, 110, 141, 370
Lauren, Ralph, 261
La Varenne, Sieur de, 360–61
Lawrence, Gertrude, 36
Lawrence, R. de Treville, Sr., 361
Lazaroff, Barbara, 230
Leach, Robin, 276, 299
Le Bernardin, 288, 335, 339
Le Camet d’Epicure, 110
Le Cirque, 316
Lecocq, Lydia “Lili,” 104
Le Coze, Maguy, 288, 335
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas, 153
Legal Sea Foods, 43, 68
Le Guide Culinaire (Escoffier), 2, 125, 353
Leiber, Judith, 263
Lennon, John, 130
Leno, Mark, 259
Le Pavillon, 20–21, 62, 295
Le Plaisir, 204, 217
L’Ermitage, 316
L’Escargot, 20
L’Étoile, 115, 217
Lewis, Edna, 361
Liberté, SS, 31
Liepa, Andris, 247, 249
Life (magazine), 202–3, 299
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (TV show), 245, 255, 299, 303
Lindy’s, 18, 20
Linton, George, 110, 196
Lipton, James, 329
local produce, 115–18, 301, 326–30
Locke-Ober, 116
Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 253–56
London Chop House (Detroit), 116, 187
Loomis Chaffee School, 31
Loren, Sophia, 259–60, 263
Los Angeles Times, 245, 303
Lowery, Gregg, 121, 135, 137, 138, 141, 162, 193, 197, 198–200
Lucas Carton, 4, 108, 212, 318
Luce, Clare Boothe, 163
Lüchow’s, 18, 20
Lucky Peach, 293
Luddy, Tom, 95
Lufkin, Liz, 164
Lunden, Joan, 12
L’Uomo Vogue, 53
Maasdam, MS, 39
Maccioni, Sirio, 316
MacDonald, Jeanette, 203
Machen, Arthur, 361
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 69
Ma Cuisine (Escoffier), 50, 198, 353
MAD Symposium (2014), 4–5
Ma Gastronomie (Point), 70, 81, 365
Magnin, Cyril, 152
Magowan, Peter, 250
Makarova, Natalia, 210, 258
Making of Americans, The (Stein), 100
Ma Maison, 183
Mandarin Grill, 183–85
mangoes, 10–11
Manière, Jacques, 110, 124, 175
March of Dimes, 224, 231, 243, 303
Marcos, Imelda, 258
Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 107
Margittai, Tom, 168, 362
Mariani, John, 3–4, 231, 300, 327, 338
marijuana, 34, 100–101
recipes, 44–45, 64
Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso, 362
Marshall, A. B., 362
Martine’s Wines, 195
Master, Melvyn, 203
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Beck), 135, 344
Matron, Fred J., 308, 362
Matsuhisa, Nobu, 334
Maui News, 251
Mauretania, RMS, 53
Maxwell, Elsa, 117, 266
Maxwell’s Plum, 119
May, Robert, 107
Maylie’s, 71, 116
McCartney, Paul, 130
McCarty, Michael, 133, 201, 269, 302, 312
McClure, Michael, 361
McEwen, Terry, 221
McGrath, Robert, 312, 316, 325–26
McNally, Keith, 313
“Meals of the Millennium” (Steingarten), 302, 328, 331, 369
Médecin, Jacques, 102, 362
Meese, Ed, 303
Mehta, Zubin, 228–29, 234–35, 236
Melman, Rich, 242, 313, 316
Members (magazine), 242
Menon, 362
menus
language of, 57–68
Alice B. Toklas Dinner at Fern Canyon (1974), 191–92
An American Celebration (1983), 187–88
Beatonmania, 58–60
Beechwood Dinner, 174
Big Sur Lunch Menu, 137
California Culinary Academy (1980), 151–52
Cathy’s Dinner to Cheer (1969), 66–67
“Champagne Palace” (1961), 34
Chez Panisse, 2, 71, 74–78, 81–87, 104–7, 110–11, 122–23, 124–27
Alice B. Toklas Dinner (1974), 99–100, 127
Alsace Dinner, 124–25
Best of Chez Panisse, 127–29
California Regional Dinner (1976), xi–xii, 2, 20, 126–27, 298
Champagne Regional Dinner (1973), 83, 84
Corsican Dinner, 106–7
Dinner for Chez Panisse Friends (1981), 195
Moroccan Regional Dinner, 100–101
New Year’s Eve Dinner (1973), 85–86
New Year’s Eve Dinner (1975), 111
Sauternes Dinner, 105
Third Birthday (1974), 102–3
Counterrevolution (1962), 62–64
“Cuisine Game” (1982), 181–82
Delta Dinner (1980), 193–94
Dinner at James Beard House (2001), 333
Dinner for Margot Fonteyn, Richard
Cragun, Philip Core, and the Street Dancers (1970), 48–49
Dinner for One (San Francisco, 1972), 54–55
Dinner for Retirement of Lucas Carton’s Chef (1965), 318
Dinner in Maine Having Read Euell Gibbons (1970), 50
Dinners for James Beard (1979), 197–98
Dinner with Alice and Boyfriends (1980), 198–99
Dinner with Alice and New Boyfriend (1980), 199–200
First Dinner in Our Own Kitchen (1964), 37
Florida State Dinner (1983), 163–64
Gerald Asher Birthday (1982), 182
Great American Menu, 131–34
Innovations in Food Luncheon on the Terrace (1983), 172
Lord Peter Wimsey, 61–62
Lunch at Chateau d’Yquem (1978), 144–45
Lunch at Chez Nous (1978), 144
Lunch at Prides Crossing (1970), 51
Lunch at the Peyraud Family Table (1975), 196
Michigan and Midwest Dinner (1983), 164
Napa Valley Wine Symposium (1982), 182–83
Napa Winery Dinner (1980), 194–95
Stars, 209, 332–33
Bentley’s Lunch, 265
Dinner for Gianfranco Ferré, 261
Dinner for Kenny Jay Lane, 262–63
Dinner for Martha Stewart, 265–66
Dinner for Sophia Loren, 259–60
Dinner for the Zubin Mehtas, 233–34
Un Grande Complimento, 264–65
Texas and Spanish America Dinner (1983), 164
Ventana Inn, 139–41
Dinner for James Beard, 140–41
Winter Dinner with Annie Meyer and Friends (1971), 65–66
Menus for Entertaining (Stewart), 266
Metropolitan Home, 164, 211
Meyer, Agnes, 50
Meyer, Annie, 49–51, 65–66, 68
Meyer, Danny, 312–13
Miami Herald, 318
Michael’s New York, 269
Michael’s Santa Monica, 133, 183, 291, 296
Milk Board, 299
Miller, Mark, 124, 128, 155, 158–59, 188, 296, 316
Minnelli, Liza, 255, 289
Mirabella, Grace, 255
Mission Hill Winery, 320
Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women (Gross), 257
Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (This), 4
Molotov cocktails, 44, 78
Mondavi, Robert, 148, 154, 155, 188
Montagné, Prosper, 36, 125, 362–63
Montanari, Massimo, 354
Montesquiou, Robert de, 51
Moon, Doyle, 155–58, 205, 206–7, 208, 220–26, 239–41, 282, 283
Morazan, SS, 132
Morgan, Julia, 69
Morley, Robert, 119
Morris, Helen, 363
Morrison, Jim, 124
Morse, Rob, 265
Mosbacher, Georgette, 258
Moulin de Mougins, 133, 134
Moullé, Jean-Pierre, 122, 124, 127–28, 130, 297
Mr. Chow’s, 132–33
Munnings, Alfred, 40
Music Lovers, The (film), 59, 204
Mustard’s Grill, 316
Nagourney, Adam, 295
naked chefs, 299–302
Napa Valley James Beard Foundation, 321
Napa Valley Wine Symposium (1982), 182–83
Nassikas, James, 187, 190, 204–5
nasturtium flowers, 11–12, 64
Needles, California, 19–20
Nelson, Susie, 155
Nero Wolfe Cookbook (Stout), 117, 369
New American Cuisine, 165, 176–77, 201–3, 219–20, 316–18, 321–22
New Food: From the New Basics to the New Classics (Dupleix), 302, 352
New Orleans, 46, 52, 71, 316
Newsome, Gavin, 259
Newsweek, 50
New York (magazine), 154, 231, 338
New Yorker, The, 38, 52
New York Herald Tribune, 135, 342
New York Times, xvi, 3, 211, 219, 295, 296, 300, 311–12, 338
Neyers, Bruce, 194, 231, 233
Niblo, William, 114
Nicky USA, 328
Nieporent, Drew, 286, 321
Nignon, Édouard, 363
Noma, 4–5, 339, 341
Norman, Emile, 47–48, 54
Norman, Jill, 144
North Face, The, 182
No Time to Die (Tilberis), 261
nouvelle cuisine, 4, 120, 165, 174–75
Nureyev, Rudolf, 48, 135, 177, 210, 258, 279
Observer Monthly, 339
Ocean Spray, 165–66
O’Dea, Jim, 234, 235, 262, 265, 272
O’Dea, Jo, 234, 262, 265
O’Donnell, Mietta, 363
Ogden, Bradley, 187, 188, 189, 190, 219, 302, 317, 321
Oliver, Jamie, 299, 331
Olivier, Laurence, 204
Olney, Richard, 106, 108–11, 127, 136, 144, 154, 159
bibliography, 363–64
Chez Panisse and, 110, 111, 125
French Menu Cookbook, 52, 64–65, 363–64
The Good Cook, 127, 134, 141, 143, 148, 356
in Provence, 134–35, 137, 195–96, 329, 339
Onassis, Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy, 263
On the Town in New York (Batterberry), 20–21, 120, 344
Open Hand, 243, 255, 256
opium, 101, 108–9
Opton, Gene, 70, 72–73, 75, 86
Ortega, Daniel, 211
Orwell, George, 364
Osteria Francescana, 4
Ottolenghi, Yotam, 339
Owen, Sri, 154
Ozawa, Seiji, 85
Pacific Design Center, 245
Pacific Film Archive, 95
Palace Kitchen, 334
Palladin, Jean-Louis, 255, 299, 308, 312
Palling, Bruce, 2
Palm, The, 132
Palmer, Charles, 308–9
Palmer, Michael, 34, 36–37, 43, 54–55, 68, 99, 100, 197, 199, 251
“panisse,” 102
Parker, Robert, 242
Pastis, 313
Pavarotti, Luciano, 264–65
Pawlcyn, Cindy, 316
Peak Cafe, 255, 256, 267, 269–70, 289, 313
Pebeyre, Pierre-Jean, 358–59
Peel, Mark, 296
Pellaprat, Jean-Henri, 364
Pelosi, Nancy, 263
Pelosi, Paul, 261
People (magazine), 242
Pépin, Jacques, 211, 231, 278, 282, 364
Perry, Charles, 249–50
Perry, Neil, 184, 252, 318
Per Se, xvi
Peterson, James, 364
Petrini, Carlo, 295–96
Peyraud, Lucien and Lulu, 195–96
Phelps, Joseph, 154, 188
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra of the West, 159
Picart Snail Factory, 154
Picasso, Pablo, 207
Picture Cook Book, 116, 365
Pig by the Tail, 70
Pimms, 41
pineapples, 10, 16
Playboy, 300
Plaza Athénée, 244
Pleydell-Bouverie, David, 263
Point, Fernand, 70, 81, 365
poison pen, 213–15
Pollan, Michael, 365
Pomiane, Édouard de, 365
Ponti, Carlo, 260
Ponzek, Debra, 321
Portarlington, Lady, 39–40
Prides Crossing farm, 49–52, 65–66, 68, 131
Private Lives (play), 36, 257
Provincial Cooking (David), 70, 350
Prudhomme, Paul, 187, 188, 201, 202, 302, 312, 316, 323
Puck, Wolfgang, 183, 219, 230, 251–52, 269, 299, 311, 316, 317, 321, 334
An American Celebration (1983), 188–89
Pyles, Stephan, 300, 301–2, 316
Queen Elizabeth, HMS, 18, 23–24
Quilted Giraffe, 230
Raffles, 285
Ramey, Samuel, 257
Ramsay, Gordon, 339, 366
Random House, 308
Ranhofer, Charles, xi, 2, 20, 122–23, 366
Rann, Evelyn, 366
Rattlesnake Club, 312
Rawlings, Majorie Kinnan, 366
Reading Terminal Market, 325–26
Rebeiz-Nielsen, Natalie, 346
recipes
Blue Trout in Pink Champagne, 84–85
Consommé Marijuana, 64
Grilled Garlic and Ancho Chili Sauce, 178–79
Mary Jane Butter, 45
Mary’s Cookies, 45
Pudding, 16
Tropical Fruit Compote, 179
Rector, George, 366
Red Cross, 256
Reddell, Ray, 263
Redzepi, René, 4–5, 339
Reed, Lou, 44
Regent Hotel, 289
Reichl, Ruth, 176, 245–46, 292–93
Renggli, Seppi, 168
Restaurant Associates, 117, 154, 313
Restaurant Business, 297, 302–3
Revue West, 189
Reynière, Grìmod de la, 82, 367
Rhodes, Barney, 319
Rhodes, Belle, 148–49
Rice, Bill, 189, 230, 333
Richard, Michel, 303, 316
Richman, Phyllis, 176
Ripert, Eric, 335, 339, 367
Ristow, Brunno, 289, 319
Ristow, Urannia, 250, 289, 319
Ritz, César, 3, 61
Ritz Hotel (Boston), 48, 49
Ritz, Marie Louise, 367
Roaring Fork, The, 325–26
Robert Mondavi Culinary Center, 135, 155
Robert Mondavi Food and Wine Award, 297
Roberts, Michael, 133, 316
Robins, Cynthia, 260
Rockefeller Center, 231, 245, 281, 292, 299
Rockefeller, David, 262
Rockwell, David, 335
Rodgers, Judy, 296
Roditi, Édouard, 135
Rodriguez-Hunter, Suzane, 367
Rolling Stone (magazine), 297–300, 303, 304
Roman, Philippe, 367
Romanoff’s, 204
Rombauer, Irma S., 367
Rome, 17
Ronsheim, John, 152–53, 155
Ron’s Produce Center, 73–74
Root, Waverley, 367
Rosekrans, Dodie, 258, 262
Rouas, Claude, 217
Rouas, Patty, 265
Routh Street Cafe, 300
Ruhlman, Michael, 367
Run DMC, 298
Russ & Daughters, 339
Russell, Ken, 59, 204
Rutherford Hill Winery, 155
Sackville-West, Vita, 367
Saffron, Inga, 367
Saint-Ange, Madame E., 368
Saks Fifth Avenue, 255, 258
salsas, 161–62
Samuelsson, Marcus, 335
Sander, Jil, 260
San Faustino, Genevieve “Geni” di, 263
San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 276
San Francisco Bay Guardian, 115
San Francisco Chronicle, 100, 201, 209–10, 211–12, 222, 240, 252, 262, 275, 283, 300, 301, 305, 322, 335
San Francisco Civic Center, 147, 205, 254, 256, 267–68, 270
San Francisco Examiner, 149, 189, 242, 260
San Francisco Opera, 221, 228, 232, 256, 264
San Francisco Western Women’s Club, 132
Sanger, John, 36, 37, 134
Sanger, Marjory Bartlett, 368
Santa Fe Bar & Grill, 155, 156–64, 165, 167, 182, 189–90, 222–23
Sarris, Stan, 368
sauces, 174–75
Saunier, Martine, 195
Savoy, Guy, 165–66, 170–71, 174–76, 279
Scaggs, Carmella, 257
Scheer, Robert, 123
Schlosser, Eric, 368
Schmidt, Jimmy, 187, 188, 189, 301, 312, 323
Schofield, Leo, 219, 302, 323, 368
schooling, 26–27, 31. See also Harvard College
Schrafft’s, 18
Schuman, Charles, 368
Schuman, Jo, 257, 261, 266
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 155
Sea Ranch, 253
Searle, Phillip, 184
Sedlar, John, 316
Senderens, Alain, 4–5, 212, 346
Serventi, Silvano, 368
Sesser, Stan, 211–12
Shafer Vineyards, 292
Share Our Strength, 243, 333
Shaw, Clay, 52
Shelton, Jack, 76, 78
Sheraton, Mimi, 154, 338
Shere, Charles, 103
Shere, Lindsey, 71, 79, 103
Shindler, Merrill, 129
Shire, Lydia, 202, 316, 327
Shultz, George, 262
Simon, André, 368
Simon, Cathy, 36, 37, 43, 54, 66–67, 197, 199
Simonds, Nina, 176
Simple French Food (Olney), 109, 110, 364
Sitwell, Edith, 368–69
Slater, Nigel, 369
Slow Food, 296
Smith, Delia, 369
Snyder, Gary, 34
social food, 258–60
Solomon, Charmaine, 369
Soltner, André, 300, 305, 306
Soulé, Henri, 20–21, 62, 175, 295
South Wind (Douglas), 46, 351
Spago, 3, 183, 188, 244, 251–52, 312, 334
Spector, Stephen, 217
Speedo 690, 247, 253, 254, 255, 256, 289
Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto, 91
Splichal, Joachim, 316
Spoeri, Daniel, 369
Square in London, 331–32
Stalking the Wild Asparagus (Gibbons), 50, 79, 125, 355
Standard Fruit & Steamship Company, 132
Stanford Court Hotel, 3, 114, 187, 188
Stanwyck, Barbara, 254
Stars
bidding, 223–26
celebrities and press, 249–52, 264
construction of, 206–8
earthquake of 1989, 253–56, 267
financing of, 155–56, 157, 204, 206
franchising of, 282–86
kitchen staff of, 276–79
litigation against, 220–23, 239–41, 271–76, 286–87, 290
menus, 209, 332–33
Bentley’s Lunch, 265
Dinner for Gianfranco Ferré, 261
Dinner for Kenny Jay Lane, 262–63
Dinner for Martha Stewart, 265–66
Dinner for Sophia Loren, 259–60
Dinner for the Zubin Mehtas, 233–34
Un Grande Complimento, 264–65
new site of, 267–69, 270
opening of, xv, 208–9, 211
private parties at, 234–35, 236–37, 257–66
reviews of, 209–12, 241–42, 249–50
road show, 243–46, 281–82, 318–19
sale of, 288–93
site of, 147–48, 155, 204–6
typical day at, 227–38
wrongful termination suits, 271–76
Stars Cafe, 268–69, 277, 313
Stars Manila, 290, 291
Stars Oakville Cafe, 241, 277
Stars Palo Alto, 269, 282–83
Stars Seattle, 284
Stars Singapore, 284–86, 289, 291, 320
Steel, Danielle, 229, 250, 255, 258, 261
Steele, Carol, 148
Steger, Pat, 262, 263, 265
Steiman, Harvey, 149, 189, 322–23
Stein, Gertrude, 99–100
Steingarten, Jeffrey, 302, 328, 331, 369
Stewart, Jimmy, 203–4
Stewart, Martha, 231, 265–66, 281
Stitt, Frank, 194, 230, 300, 316
Stockli, Albert, 84
Stonehenge Inn & Restaurant, 83–84
Stout, Rex, 117, 369
Strauss, Levi, 233
Streep, Meryl, 250
Streeter, Colin, 37
Streiff, Fritz, 124, 128
Streisand, Barbra, 228
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 47
Sullivan, Steve, 91
Sun Tzu, 97–98, 171
Supper of the Lamb, The (Capon), 4, 347–48
Sutter 500, 189
Swig, Charlotte “Tex,” 262
Sydney Morning Herald, 219
Sydney Opera House, 269
Szathmary, Louis, 369
Tagg’s Island (Munnings), 40
Taillevent (Guillaume Tirel), 77, 301, 370
Tales of the City (TV series), 250
Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice, 324, 370
Taylor, Elizabeth, 5, 252
Tchelitchev, Pavel, 122
Tendret, Lucien, 52–53, 82, 108, 110, 141, 370
Tennant, Colin, 107
Terrail, Patrick, 183
Texas’s Cafe, 312
This, Hervé, 4
Thomas, Michael Tilson, 259
Thompson, Charles, 239
Throgmorton Farm, 326
Tiel, Vicky, 260
Tilberis, Liz, 261
Time (magazine), 201–3, 250
Time-Life Books, 127, 134, 135, 141, 143
To Begin Again (Fisher), 340
Todd, Dorothy, 208
Toklas, Alice B., 44, 54, 67–68, 99–100, 105, 127, 191–92, 370
Tony’s (Houston), 115
Too Many Cooks (Stout), 117, 369
Top of the Cove, 116
Topsy-Turvy (film), 177
Tosca Cafe, 246, 268
Touch of Evil (film), 86
Toulouse-Lautrec, 370
Tower, Jonathan Rutledge, 23–24, 31, 44, 282
Tower, Margaret Slattery, 9, 11, 12, 16–17, 26, 27–29, 30, 39–40, 41, 145, 158
Tower, Mary, 9, 100, 145
Tower, Walter Sheldon, 18–19, 46
Tower, Walter Sheldon, Jr., 8, 9, 11, 15, 18, 26, 29–30, 30, 53
Towers, Constance, 264
Town & Country, 119–20, 154, 167, 300
Trader Vic’s, 89, 97, 116, 334
Travel & Leisure, 211
Trefethen, Janet, 154
Troisgros, Jean, xvi, 124, 125, 175, 371
Troisgros, Michel, 128
tropical fruit, 10–11
Tropp, Barbara, 190, 320
Trotter, Charlie, 148, 321, 333, 334, 371
truffles, 30–31, 36, 58, 60, 91, 96
truite au bleu, 83–85
Tsuji, Shizuo, 371
turtle fat, 58–60
Tzara, Tristan, 51
Un Grande Complimento, 264–65
Union Oyster House, 116
Union Square Cafe, 312–13
Union Square Greenmarket, 329–30
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 259
University of California, Berkeley, 94, 158, 162
University of California, Santa Barbara, 155
Unofficial Palace of New York, The (Crowninshield), 116–17, 349–50
USAir, 251–52
Valentino, 258
Van der Rohe, Mies, 168
Vanity Fair, 255
Van Vechten, Carl, 51
Vella Cheese, 325
Ventana Inn, 127, 131, 134, 135, 138–41
Verdon, René, 131–32
Vergé, Roger, 133, 134, 189
Versace, Gianni, 237, 286
Victory Farms, 325–26
Vietnam War, 43–44, 49–50, 282
Viking Line, 269
Villas, James, 119–20, 154, 165, 167, 204–5, 207, 231, 300, 371
Visser, Margaret, 371
Vogue, 207–8, 224, 255, 302, 328, 331
Vongerichten, Jean-Georges, 332, 335
Vranian, Steven, 161, 169, 177, 223, 277–78
Wakuda, Tetsuya “Tet,” 333
Wald, Connie, 263
Waldorf-Astoria, 17–18, 116–17, 349–50
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, 263
Wall Street Journal, 2, 4, 316
Warne, Frederick, 372
Warner, Richard, 372
Washington Park, 300–301
Washington Post, 49, 176, 243
Waters, Alice, xi–xii, 2, 81, 129–30, 136, 198, 243, 312, 323
assistance at Ventana Inn, 154
customer late walk-ins, 94–96
disapproval of drugs, 103
Elizabeth David and, 139
farewell letter of, 129
finances, 86–87
first meeting with, 69–70, 71–73
house of, 121–22
legacy of, 211, 295–97, 298–99, 302, 307–8, 334
menus, 198–200, 331
returning produce, 73–74
role in kitchen, 79
Waxman, Jonathan, 133, 185, 187, 188, 202–3, 223, 296, 299–301, 311–12, 316
Webb, David, 250, 263
Wechsberg, Joseph, 372
Wells, Pete, xvi
West Beach Café, 3, 133, 203
Western Grasslands Inc., 328
Westrex, 9
White Earth Land Recovery Project, 330
White, Jasper, 242, 300, 316
White, Marco Pierre, 372
Whitelaw, Elaine, 231, 243
Whiteley, Brett, 184
Wilde, Oscar, 54
Wilder, Billy, 249
wild parrots (galahs), 7–8
Wildt, Harry de, 241–42
Willan, Anne, 242
William Morrow, 241
Williams, Chuck, 154
Wilsey, Al, 250, 288
Wilsey, Dede, 263
Wimsey, Peter, 61–62
Wine Spectator, 2
Wing, Richard, 149
Wolfe, Linda, 372
Wolfert, Paula, 322
Wong, Alan, 334
Woods, Jim, 242
Woolf, Leonard, 40
Woolf, Virginia, 372–73
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 69
Yan, Martin, 327
Yap, Andrew, 289–90
Young Turks, 120, 165, 174–75
Zachs, Richard, 373
Zakhartchenko, Constantine Levovitch, 20, 35–36
Zakhartchenko, Mary Slattery, 20, 30–31, 34–36
Zanella, Maurizio, 255
Zukofsky, Louis, 34
Zuleika Dobson (Beerbohm), 122
Zuni Cafe, 296