“This is one of the things people don’t always do, but especially if you had a lot of disease the previous year, dormant sprays are a good way to get a head start on the season,” Schilder said.Ģ. She recommended lime sulfur, sulfur or copper formulations to kill fungal spores that overwinter on the vine. Apply dormant sprays to reduce inoculum levels. What’s a grower to do? Here are 11 tips from Annemiek Schilder, who spent many years as a small fruit pathologist at Michigan State University and now serves as director of the University of California Cooperative Extension in Ventura County.ġ. Grapes face all kinds of fungal diseases - from mildews, rots and blights to leaf spot and anthracnose. What do you eat straight out of the fridge, standing up? Chorizo and chocolate-a dish I served at Tía Pol came from doing just that.Black rot lesions (left) and Phomopsis leaf spots (right) indicate disease pressure and require attention. I really like the ones with wasabi on them. Do you have a favorite snack? Toasted nori snacks. When you have that kind of confidence, you feel at home with that cuisine. I have an immediate affinity for certain dishes when I know how they should taste before I even attempt them. There was a lot of Spanish, Jewish and Italian eating at my house. My parents were from Argentina, so my whole background is littered with lots of European references. My mom made a rabbit escabèche, and we make it now at La Vara. What’s a dish that tells your story? Escabèche. So if I had to eat for survival, I’d become extra-practical and have rice and eggs. I eat for pleasure I don’t really eat for survival. Some kind of charcuterie, like ham or salami. If you were facing an emergency, and could only take one backpack of supplies, what would you bring? Rice, because my husband and kids love it even if I don’t. He’s got the most interesting job of the three of them! He gets to travel and see the world, talking to energized young chefs. I think he’s become larger than life he’s kind of ironic but he’s not mean. And he reminds me of my brother-in-law-he’s a nice guy. I know he has some Basque blood, so I think he’d have some affinity for it. He kindly filmed his show at two of my restaurants. If you were going to take Thomas Keller, Tony Bourdain or Mario Batali out to eat, where would you go? I would take Anthony Bourdain to the Basque country. But Spain has such a strong restaurant- and food-loving culture. Everyone always says Vietnam and Thailand, and I love Mexico, too. So you eat well in people’s homes and in restaurants. They have a lot of really high-quality ingredients, and a lot of technical expertise. Best-bang-for-the-buck food trip-where would you go and why? Spain. The chives are expensive by Chinatown standards-whereas all greens in Chinatown are $1.50 a pound, these are $3 and $4 a bunch-but I like them because you can eat them like a vegetable, not like an herb. They use them in scrambled eggs and with shrimp and things like that. They remind me of Basque ajetes, which are like garlic scapes. We’ve been pickling the tops and sautéing the bottoms. What is the best-bang-for-the-buck ingredient? Chinese flowering garlic chives.
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To me that’s so Spanish: to take this otherworldly ingredient that you don’t know how to use, and use it incorrectly without realizing it, and end up with this thing that’s fresh and unique. I put them under fish, or I make a little salad with them rehydrated and chopped up like a Mediterranean ingredient. I use all kinds, like nori, kombu and dulse. I use a lot of Japanese ingredients because my husband worked at Nobu.
What’s your secret-weapon ingredient? Seaweed. How to keep tasting until it’s right, to fix something if it’s wrong. What’s the most important skill you need to be a great chef? How to be self-critical. Braised chicken thighs aren’t expensive and will never get dry or tough. You want to be successful the first time. What is the best dish for a neophyte cook to try? Something satisfying, that will make you want to keep cooking for the rest of your life. What’s the first dish you ever cooked by yourself? The first recipe I followed was probably chocolate mousse from Julia Child. F&W Star Chef » See All F&W Chef Superstars Restaurants: El Quinto Pino, Txikito, La Vara (New York City) Education: Culinary Institute of America What dish are you famous for? The uni panini at El Quinto Pino.
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