Better Than Ever... No doubt Covid really threw a nasty monkey wrench into food and wine festivals throughout the world. None more so than the Pebble Beach Food and Wine extravaganza. Attracting top wine and food talent from all over the United States, it was such a drag when it shut down from 2020-2023. But [...]
SOBE 2026 will be Awesome... Always impressed when an event improves instead of sitting on their laurels and backsliding. Been a few years since I got to attend SOBE, so when they generously threw in an extra press pass, was excited to bring the web gal with me, as I often told her that SOBE [...]
Sells Out Fast... After attending incredible food and wine events on both coasts for a bunch of years, I'm still in a bit of awe and amazement how fast special event dinners sell out so quickly. I mean, they're not cheap, we're talking $3 to $500 bucks a dinner, maybe more with your wine [...]
Festival Returns... Courtney Foley One of the best food and wine festivals is just around the corner, the South Beach Food and Wine Festival Feb 20-23. While the Grand Tasting tent on the beach is my favorite event, there are always a ton of terrific food and wine events throughout the festival. One [...]
Pours at Prestige Events... Quid Pro Quo - Hannibal Lecter to FBI agent Clarice Starling.. After attending innumerable tasting events, where sometimes you take the required sip and lunge for the spit bucket, to the sublime pours, where you wish the guy or gal behind the table would pour a little more, one wonders, what [...]
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, [...]
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