MENDOCINO Co., 3/10/23 – Mendocino County Library is celebrating the life and legacy of Sally Schmitt, famed chef who called Philo her home. Libraries across the county are hosting events ranging from book discussions to seed-saving workshops to showcase the lasting influence Schmitt, who died on March 5, 2022, at the age of 90, has made locally and on a grander culinary scale.
Schmitt founded the gourmet restaurant the French Laundry, in Yountville, and the Apple Farm, her cooking school and farm in Philo. Schmitt’s final project was the cookbook and memoir Six California Kitchens: A Collection of Recipes, Stories, and Cooking Lessons from a Pioneer of California Cuisine, which was released posthumously in April 2022. She left behind a legacy of farm-to-table that defines California cuisine.
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