Food Traveler Magazine Winter 2013 | Page 81

city of chefs chefs,” several burn with particular intensity. Gather Restaurant’s Chef Sean Baker, an Esquire Magazine Chef of the Year, is taking omnivore cuisine to celestial new levels. Chef Todd Kniess at Bistro Liaison puts a fresh and local NorCal spin on French classics, and Ajanta restaurant’s Chef/ Owner Lachu Moorjani crafts fine dining experiences by blending signature Indian spices with local and organic ingredients, graced with fresh flowers and fine art inspired by India’s Ajanta caves. Berkeley’s Fourth Street is another flavorful culinary destination with restaurants, artisan purveyors like the Cultured