Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), the inventor of dynamite, was a chemist, engineer, businessman and, most memorably, philanthropist; he was also a scholar, fluent in Russian, French, English and German. Above all, he loved poetry.
"Baking is art and science at the same time. It’s like music -- you have to learn the structure before you can set yourself free to experiment."
-- Shelly Williams, owner of Haven Café and Bakery, in Lenox and Great Barrington
Like the growing interest in food and wine, coffee has benefited from our desire to have every element of our culinary experience enhanced to its logical — or illogical — conclusion.
Flavio Lichtenthal became obsessed with coffee at a young age, an easy thing to do in Buenos Aires, with its strong Italian community and its concomitant coffee culture.
"The shtick here [at Rubi’s] is classics improved through quality of ingredients. Using really really good bread, really really good butter, really really good cheese, and really really good salt we’ve created an outstanding sandwich.”
--Matt Rubiner
