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<p>David Kinch has one of the great creative minds in American cooking, and for the past three years he's had vegetables as fresh as his ideas. He doesn't own Love Apple Farm, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, but controls its production from seed to harvest. That gives him ingredients worthy of his hyper- precise technique, as demonstrated by unique dishes such as flash-fried ravioli stuffed with beet greens and coriander ice in a soup of barely cooked tomatoes. <strong>What to Eat:</strong> The $155 tasting menu—one of the country's most exciting dining experiences. <strong>What to Drink:</strong> A grassy but tense 2005 Pouilly-Fumé Pur Sang from Didier Dageneau.</p>

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From Food & Wine , JAN 2010

Chef David Kinch co-owns a Normandy cow. He makes its cream into butter for...MORE>>

– Emily Kaiser Thelin 2010 Trend: Better Butter

From Food & Wine , DEC 2007

My favorite Manresa dish is ultratender abalone, served with brown butter and, more unconventionally, crispy pig's trotters....MORE>>

– Pim Techamuanvivit The Chef, The Blogger and their Great Tahoe Weekend

Last updated January 2010