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star-chef Thomas Thomas Keller. To celebrate the
40th anniversary of the Schmitts’ first dinner
there, Keller invited the couple to a special dinner
at his world-renowned restaurant. In Fall 2021,
Chronicle Books will publish Sally’s cookbook, “Six
California Kitchens,” honoring her history as a pio-
neer of California cuisine.
Philo is more than an apple farm. The extended
Schmitt family operation grows its own produce
and raises goats for milk and cheese. They rent out
three farmstay cottages and offer meals and cook-
ing lessons. The cottages - each with an inviting
porch - sit among apple trees. We could only imag-
ine the perfume in the air when they blossomed in
spring.

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