1983 Puck 1991

Wolfgang Puck Adventures in the Kitchen: 175 New Recipes from Spago, Chinois on Main, Postrio and Eureka (Forward, Calvin Trillin) Random House: NY, 1991, 265 pp.

     The endcovers feature a lovely group portrait of Wolfgang Puck and his chefs but the chefs connections to a specific resaturant are not specified. Barbara Lazaroff is singled out as a restaurant designer, and partner in the restaurants developments. Chinois on Main is managed by Bella Lantsman and the maitre d's at Chinois are identified as Linda Brady, Kathleen Beaton and Charlie Pucket.

     About the Author: Wolfgang Puck began his formal chef training in Austria at age fourteen He continued his apprenticeship at L'Ousteau de Baumanière in Provence and further developed his culinary creativity at Hotel de Paris in Monaco and Maxim's in Paris, both world-renowned three-star restaurants. Shortly after his arrival in the United States in 1973, he drew crowds to Los Angeles's Ma Maison, where he was chef and part owner. He now owns five spectacular restaurants in California, each one a fantastic creation designed by his wife and partner, Barbara Lazaroff. Spago, their first adventure in restauranteering, has been a Los Angeles phenomenon since it opened in 1982. Their second restaurant, Chinois on Main, opened in 1983 and features inventive and interpretive Chinese-French cuisine . . .

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 Kelyn Roberts 2017