Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Winter 2012 - (Page 103)

Rekindling his love affaiR with asian flavoRs, wolfgang Puck hits a home Run in la. hugh gaRvey takes note PHOTOGRAPHS by Peden + Munk W olfgang Puck is hungry. “Can you bring me something sweet?” he asks Cassie Ballard, the pastry chef at WP24 Restaurant & Lounge, Puck’s latest restaurant, perched on the 24th floor of the gleaming modernist glass tower that is home to The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles. “You know dessert is my favorite course,” he says. Ballard comes back with a plate on which vivid orange Wong Farms mango, sweet sesame rice crackers and lemon sorbet are stacked architecturally, layer upon layer. Puck takes a bite and nods with approval. “You can add one more layer,” he suggests. When Wolfgang Puck has a say in it, life can always be sweeter. That single, conscious bite — the deft assessment, the elevating decision — is the sort of moment on which Puck has built a vast t h e r i t z - c a r lt o n m a g a z i n e 103

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Winter 2012

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Winter 2012
Contents
Contributors
Editor’s Letter
President’s Letter
Falling in Love With ... Hong Kong
Design
Auto
Technology
On the Boulevards
Shopping
Jewelry
Watches
Palm Beach
Wellness
Santiago

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Winter 2012