In Vogue Living Sept/October 2011, David Prior paid tribute to Chez Panisse on its 40th birthday, tracing the evolution of how what began as an improbable, romantic neighbourhood café became the cradle of a revolution still transforming the way we eat.

Each day, produce of foraged blossoms, ABOVE, whichever vegetable is star on the menu that day  is hand-delivered to the kitchen, having been picked hours earlier on local farms.

From ‘Organic Uprising’, a story on page 63 of Vogue Living Sept/Oct 2011 and published on our blog here.

Photo by Eric Wolfinger.