Wow, what a shock. In 1989-90 I was the chef and f&b director of the Sunset Marquis in Los Angeles. Many came to my door offering us things, Harney Teas for one- who turned me onto Lapsang Souchong to poach salmon in. The Batterberry's also came w/their new magazine Food Arts. They gave me a comp subscription and I've gotten every issue since. During these recent rains, I came upon a box in my basement filled with yrs of those early issues, a cut to the chase of what was new and relevant in the industry. They managed to maintain the highest integrity through out the years. A huge loss.
"In pursuit of joys untasted"
from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata