If You Like - California - page 55

If You Like…
Fantastic Food
Infused by immigrant cultures for more than 200 years, California cuisine is all about creat-
ively mixing it up, from kim-chi tacos to vegan soul food.
Chez Panisse Chef Alice Waters revolutionized California cuisine back in the '70s with sea-
sonal locavarian cooking.
French Laundry High-flying kitchen mastered by Thomas Keller is a gastronomic highlight of
Napa's wine country.
LA's food trucks They're everywhere now, but LA sparked the mobile foodie revolution,
now with 200 chefs on wheels.
Ferry Building Duck inside San Francisco's waterfront collection of artisanal food vendors, or
come for the farmers market.
Fish tacos Start your search for this tasty Mexicali snack by the beach in San Diego.
Craft Beer
Barrels from California's vineyards may steal the scene, but what's being brewed in big
copper vats across the Golden State (maybe in a garage next door) is just as award-winning.
Lost Coast Brewery In Eureka, knock back a pint of Downtown Brown while admiring
conceptual-art beer labels.
Anderson Valley Brewing Company Mendocino County's solar-powered brewhouse lets you
play disc golf with a bottle of oatmeal stout.
Stone Brewing Company San Diego upstart makes beers with bold character, like Arrogant
Bastard Ale or smoked porter spiked with chipotle.
Anchor Brewing With 19th-century roots, San Francisco's most historic brewer trademarks
its unique 'steam beer'.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Grown too big for its microbrewery britches, this pioneer
offers tours and pours its mega-popular pale ale in Chico.