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January 14th, 2013

Boz Scaggs to Release First New Album in Five Years in March

Boz Scaggs will release MEMPHIS, his first album of new studio material in five years, on March 5th. Between touring and his work with Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald in the Dukes Of September in recent years, Scaggs hasn’t had much time in the studio, hence the gap between albums. Thankfully, the multi-platinum singer-songwriter found his new album, MEMPHIS, to be perhaps the most natural collection of his four-decade plus career.

"It’s one of the easiest projects I’ve ever had. I sang songs that feel entirely comfortable to me," he told Rolling Stone. "We recorded the 13 tracks to this record in three days. It just sort of fell out easily in the nicest way."

Click here for the full article.

November 16th, 2011

Excerpts and Illustrations from Patricia Curtan's MENUS FOR CHEZ PANISSE

"This weekend marked the fortieth anniversary of Alice Waters’s Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. I was swept into the adventure of the restaurant almost at its inception; though I had no restaurant experience, I was recruited to fill in for someone who didn’t show up for work. Alice is a dedicated Francophile, and early on she wrote out each nightly menu, in French, in her elegant calligraphy. Eventually, her devotion to France was replaced with the appreciation of California’s food and culture, and the names of growers, producers, and ingredients took prominence on the menus. Over the years, many Bay Area designers, poets, writers, calligraphers, and printers have placed their stamp on the Chez Panisse menus. I’m lucky to have been one of them."

"The Grand Aïoli has become a tradition at Chez Panisse. It is a Provençal free-for-all feast of bowls of garlic mayonnaise with platters of summer vegetables, grilled bread, fish, and shellfish, and plenty of chilled rosé."

"I wanted this menu to look like a decorative plate. Ingredients of the spicy shrimp soup form the elements of the image"

Patricia Curtan is an artist, designer, and printmaker. Her book, Menus for Chez Panisse, collects four decades of menus printed for the restaurant.

August 27th, 2011

Celebrating 40 years of Chez Panisse

On August 27, 2011, we poured our 2007 Montage and co-hosted a wild boar roast with Angelo Garro at his San Francisco forge. The dinner at The Forge was one of fourteen being held that night throughout the Bay Area to celebrate the fortieth birthday of Chez Panisse and benefit it's foundation, The Edible Schoolyard Project. (http://www.edibleschoolyard.org). All photos copyright Mark Gordon Photography.

May 8th, 2011

Outstanding In The Field

McEvoy Ranch Petaluma, CA Sunday, May 8, 2011

Host Farmers: Nan & Nion McEvoy, McEvoy RanchGuest

Chefs: Beth Wells & Nathan Alderman, Chez Panisse Cafe

Guest Wines: Scaggs Vineyard and Pey-Marin

http://outstandinginthefield.com/

February 19th, 2011

Jon Herington's shine (shine shine)

Boz's friend and sometime bandmember, Jon Herington has just released a fine new solo record.

Listen at www.cdbaby.com/cd/jonherington2

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