When Aaron Philipson, the quieter of the husband-wife team that runs the Blue Bottle Cafe, sits down each season to create the restaurant’s new menu, it’s a sight to behold.
“Every dish is planned in his twisted little culinary mind,” wife Rory said. “Apparently he can taste these flavors before he even cooks,”
Like a writer impelled by a tight deadline, Aaron dreams up the Hopewell restaurant’s New American cuisine in a frenzy of last-minute creativity.