For a while, Burt lived in the Swiss city of Lucerne. He describes it as a “home on the range,” but the range he’s referring to is the Alps Mountain Range of central Europe.

Chef David Kinch has forged a distinctive culinary path, putting him at the forefront of new contemporary California cuisine with his restaurant Manresa. Influenced by French and modern Catalan cooking, Kinch finds inspiration from European traditions and refinement, American ingenuity and the bounty California offers.