The French Laundry, reopening on Tuesday, April 7, has announced the details for its first major overhaul in 20 years. During the upcoming work, the restaurant will resume service with staff working ...

Sally Schmitt, best known as the chef/founder of The French Laundry in Yountville, always put family first when balancing the needs of her five children, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren ...

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Sally Schmitt, a culinary visionary who founded The French Laundry restaurant in Yountville and helped launch the farm-to-table movement in Northern California, died on March 5 at her home in Philo ...

PHILO, Calif. (AP) — Sally Schmitt, who founded The French Laundry restaurant in California wine country and helped launch the region’s farm-to-table movement, has died. She was 90. Schmitt died on ...

FILE - This March 9, 2017, file photo, shows celebrated chef Thomas Keller in the kitchen of his French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, Calif. A former employee of celebrated chef Thomas Keller is ...

There is a look of apprehension on Drew Erickson’s face. But it’s not that he is a nervous person; it is excitement combined with discomfort at being a chef outside of the kitchen. Erickson is ...