New supe for schools Ruben Fernandez has been named the new assistant superintendent of business services for the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District. Fernandez, who will start the job on April 1, will have responsibilities that include the district’s budget, financial services, food services and facilities. Fernandez comes to the West Valley from the … Read more
There’s no better way to learn about a place than through its kitchens. That is especially true of South Asia, a region with complex, meandering cuisines that bear the imprints of a galaxy of influences—terroir, religion, geography, weather, community, caste, and class amongst others. Now, a fresh crop of cookbooks crisply dispense with the notion … Read more
“Casa Maria Luigia is a home and a hotel…It is imaginary and real,” writes Lara Gilmore in Slow Food, Fast Cars: Casa Maria Luigia – Stories and Recipes, the new book she co-authored with chef Massimo Bottura, her partner in life and fine dining. Together, they’ve created such restaurants as the three-Michelin-star destination Osteria Francescana. … Read more