Food, Food & Drink, Garden:
Ubuntu Does Double Time
With its focus on generosity and community, acclaimed organic restaurant and yoga studio Ubuntu lives up to its name (which has been said to mean “the essence of being human” and an homage to our interconnectedness). The historic 19th century building in Napa houses social and practice spaces made from recycled materials and an open kitchen for preparing vegetable-inspired menu items.
Biodynamic growth schedules make for a bounty of vegetables that, when combined with Chef Aaron London’s skillful touches, leaves a low carbon footprint-seeker glad they came. Delicate flowers decorate turnips, well-marinated beets, and arbuckle grits, and all are best enjoyed after a 90-minute Jivamukti yoga class upstairs. The sustainably farmed wine that follows might never taste better.
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