This Month’s Films: Shakespeare Wallah & The Namesake
Cuisine: Indian

Today my son Will and I attended the annual open house at the French Laundry in Yountville. What a wonderful thing. Every year, on a Sunday in mid-December, Chef Thomas Keller opens his doors and invites one and all to celebrate his success and sample his coveted cuisine. In every corner of the restaurant, both upstairs and down, as well as in the tented courtyard outside, wine flows in abundance, and tables are set with trays of impeccable canapes and petit fours, as carolers stroll the premises bringing holiday cheer. His kitchen is laid bare to nosy voyeurs looking for a peek behind the scenes, while his staff mingles graciously about, making his guests feel welcome.

What a perfectly fitting way for the world’s most renowned chef to pay it forward.

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