Dinner In Sonoma... Jon Macklem When a restaurant hosts a wine dinner, it usually involves one winery with its owner or head winemaker doing the hosting and pouring duties. But Chef Charlie Palmer's Dry Creek Kitchen is going a different route on Sunday Nov. 10th, Sunday Supper with Food and Wine magazine's Executive Wine Editor [...]
Cruise Myths... Vince Le After coming off a cruise on Holland America cruise line, thought it'd be useful to dispel some of the myths and out right lies that seem to permeate the cruise ship experience. And also give some recommendations if you decide to cruise. On our first day at sea our captain gave [...]
What Could Be Better... Rod Last fall Rod Stewart said he was winding up his residency at Caesar's in Vegas. So I told the web gal to book his last show as I thought it'd be fun to attend his final gig. But wouldn't you know while reading online on the day of the concert [...]
Than Satisfaction... Back in 2019, I said in these pages that I thought it was probably the last time I'd see the Stones in one of those big stadium gigs. But some how when they came rolling thru North America this spring and summer, the web gal and I couldn't resist the siren Satisfaction call [...]
Mais Oui .... I've always loved French cooking and dining. I mean, what's not to love? All those great sauces, meats, vegetables, classic recipes and meals, makes me salivate just thinking about it. About the only thing I haven't been able to get my palette around is French charcuterie: those almost raw meats, foie gras, [...]
I'll Do Again... Lamb Chops on Cruise In my previous post the web gal and I were really looking forward to a cruise on Holland America line from Ft Lauderdale up the east coast, down the St Lawrence and concluding in Montreal. But first a little preamble. Way back in 1996, Harper's Magazine commissioned a [...]
And Loving It… Seasoned travel and food writers sometimes tend to disparage cruise line food and meals, usually comparing them to being barely better than hotel convention and buffet food, a take that I vehemently disagree with. Believe me, I've had enough rubber chicken dinner meals and awful buffets to know the difference. I think [...]
Smokin Barbeque... Barbeque. All I have to do is imagine the taste or see a pic of all that lovely, glazed meat and I start to salivate. It is one of the most underrated cuisines and it's always kind of bothered me it doesn't get the respect it deserves. And don't get me started on [...]
Check Out Biale... Andrew & David Zin! Zin! Zin! When I first started getting into wine tastings and events, I loved those big, bold, high alcohol, tannic wines (still do). So when I was at my first San Diego Wine Festival (many moons ago, don't remind me, ha ha) was there like a shot when [...]
At the SOBEWFF… One of the best food and wine festivals is just around the corner, the 22nd annual SOBEWFF hits the South Beach shores, restaurants and venues Feb 22-25. And the best event representing Napa is Peter Mondavi Jr's tasting event on Sat Feb 24 at 4 pm at the Eden Roc in Miami [...]
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