Why Michael Rotondo Makes Us Want to Cook in California

It must be nice to cook on the 37th parallel. The latitude line falls smack dab in the bountiful Bay Area, where the farmers markets flourish, wine country is your backyard and spring comes early. Thomas Rotondo spent eight years in Charlie Trotter's kitchen in Chicago before taking on the executive chef role at San Francisco's Parallel 37 in January 2013. While he'll always...