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REAL FOOD MADE FROM SCRATCHI have been passionately cooking for four decades and it has been a source of joy and peace. I began by watching Julia and Jaques religiously as a youth and just hit the kitchen and cooked and cooked. I have never done it professionally, though I sport an award from the Culinary Institute of America. Doing as a passion versus profession has preserved its role as a source of relaxation.
Over the years I've learned many cuisines. I've baked, pickled, brined, barbecued, cured, made salum and make cheese regularly. I have drifted off into the sterile science of modernist cuisine. I've made Wellington to Pozole. Matzoh balls to Vindaloo. Sushi to Pizza. Through it all I keep coming back to one fact. The best food is whole food made from scratch. It takes love and care and time, but the result is timeless. Here I will try to make real-deal food accessible by breaking it down with meticulous detail. Hopefully you will be inspired to try. |
BARRY SCHULER
Self proclaimed geek, Barry is as much at home hovering over a 3D Printer as he is over a cooktop. And he is just as happy cooking while pounding around at sea as he is in his Napa Kitchen. His career in technology spans three decades as an entrepreneur and most recently a partner at DFJ Growth a Silicon Valley venture firm. Living on the family vineyard in Napa places him at the epicenter of amazing fresh ingredients and the rhythms of agricultural lifestyle. When he's not sampling cabernet grapes during growing season or chasing after the "next big thing" you'd likely find him in his maker studio futzing with the latest technological marvels destined to make the world a better place.
Self proclaimed geek, Barry is as much at home hovering over a 3D Printer as he is over a cooktop. And he is just as happy cooking while pounding around at sea as he is in his Napa Kitchen. His career in technology spans three decades as an entrepreneur and most recently a partner at DFJ Growth a Silicon Valley venture firm. Living on the family vineyard in Napa places him at the epicenter of amazing fresh ingredients and the rhythms of agricultural lifestyle. When he's not sampling cabernet grapes during growing season or chasing after the "next big thing" you'd likely find him in his maker studio futzing with the latest technological marvels destined to make the world a better place.
METEOR VINEYARD
Meteor Vineyard is the confluence of an extraordinary Cabernet vineyard in the southeast corner of Napa Valley, the entrepreneurial vision of internet pioneer Barry Schuler and wife Tracy, the viticulture history and expertise of Mike Wolf and the consummate winemaking talents of Bill and Dawnine Dyer. Meteor started as a dream 35 years ago when Barry Schuler, a college student with an emerging passion for wine, first visited Napa Valley. After roaming the valley and tasting, he was struck by the burning desire to someday live in Napa, grow grapes and make wine that could take its place among the World’s greats.
Meteor Vineyard is the confluence of an extraordinary Cabernet vineyard in the southeast corner of Napa Valley, the entrepreneurial vision of internet pioneer Barry Schuler and wife Tracy, the viticulture history and expertise of Mike Wolf and the consummate winemaking talents of Bill and Dawnine Dyer. Meteor started as a dream 35 years ago when Barry Schuler, a college student with an emerging passion for wine, first visited Napa Valley. After roaming the valley and tasting, he was struck by the burning desire to someday live in Napa, grow grapes and make wine that could take its place among the World’s greats.