Powerful story about a chef working with teenagers to learn about food farm-to-fork.
"These kids feared food. Not only are they disconnected from it, they fear it," Garcia observed one Friday. "They have few reference points to describe their culinary experiences."
But slowly, they came around. And one warm evening last week, Garcia gave seven of them their graduation present: a sophisticated, eye-opening taste of the meaning of farm to table.
They arrived at sunset, shy but game..."
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-fig-garcia-20110203,0,7920606.story
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