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DADDY SHARES HIS HOMEMADE WINE WITH A LEGEND

STORY BY CHEF JOHN D. FOLSE AND MICHAELA D. YORK

Thirty years ago, I had the pleasure of traveling to Napa Valley, California, with Chefs Dean Fearing, Stormin’ Norman Van Aken, and Stephan Pyles. The real celebrity in our motley crew was Julia Child. To my recollection, Stormin’ Norman was at the wheel and Julia rode shotgun. Our route ran from Napa to Calistoga, California, along Route 29, with some fairly sharp curves along Saint Helena Highway. Fearing, Pyles, and I were in the backseat of the convertible, and with every curve, we got a bit antsy with the speed. Julia heard us mumbling about our near-death thoughts when she piped up and said, “Boys, don’t worry! If we crash, I’ll be on the front page of every newspaper in America and you’ll be memorialized as the best chefs in the…

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