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Maude chef and owner Curtis Stone marries family life with Los Angeles fine dining 

Lindsay Price and Curtis Stone stand and sit respectively at a table with red wine in glasses and plates of food at Maude in LA, California.
Chef-owner Curtis Stone and his wife, Lindsay Price, at Maude in Los Angeles, California (Ray Kachatorian)

Chef Curtis Stone operates on the cutting edge of California cuisine, owning and operating two of Wine Spectator’s Best of Award of Excellence–winning restaurants in LA, Maude and Gwen. His growing empire includes not just restaurants but social media pages, TV appearances, cookware lines and six cookbooks to date. Despite his busy schedule, he always finds time to cook at home for his wife and sons. Read on to learn more about this family-man-turned-restaurant-star and how he got his start, plus four recipes from his kitchen for easy entertaining.

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