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Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s new culinary team takes the “think global, act local” adage to heart.
Rotating menus at the on-campus cafe might feature flavors from Oaxaca, where Food and Beverage Director Rob Ittner spent several months during the pandemic. Diners may taste dishes with Japanese influences (chef Daniel Leon has an extensive background in the cuisine) or they might nosh Venezuelan bites inspired by Leon’s hispanic roots.
The international artist community that flocks to the Snowmass Village arts campus each summer will see their own homes reflected in the menu, too.
Leon aims to channel “some of the flavors that remind us of where we come from,” he said in a June 7 joint interview with Ittner at the cafe.
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