If I told you the best margarita I'd ever had was at a restaurant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you would certainly accuse me of at least some...

"What do Americans eat when they eat out for dinner? That’s the question that inspired us as we designed Season Two of Chef in Residence....

When I was a budding foodie, I often turned to the Michelin Guide to figure out where to dine whenever I traveled hither or thither. It...

"Different cultures inspire me. Colors inspire me. Travel inspires me. That’s what really excited me when I left Chile the first time at...

“At the other places I worked, it was always about the outcome . . . The ingredients were less the focus than the idea. Here, the...

I really enjoyed issuing a series of absolutely meaningless "Big Drunk Gay" awards last year, highlighting the very best things I ate,...

I think my lack of dining out has really caught up to me, because as you can probably tell I've been eating at a lot of really great...

One of my favorite idioms is the old "lipstick on a pig" line. It's perhaps put best, however, in one of my very favorite tunes from the...

Yep, Chile! Here I am (or rather, there I was)! Many on social media were surprised to see that I had managed to get out of the country,...

This year has been so bizarre and devoid of culinary wonders (at least those wonders external to the home) that I completely forgot that...

I wound up in Miami far earlier than I expected thanks to California's new shutdown, which sidelined a week-long trip I had planned to...

I gave myself a fairly open itinerary in Utah so I could sort of go where the wind blew me, as it were, originally planning to rent a...

Well kids, what can I say? Life is crazy, and my dearth of posts this past month was due in part to my grand adventure in Alaska, yes,...

The fam and I have done our best to be exceptionally conscious of and careful with our behavior during this tough period in our shared...

Well folks, we have entered a new year, and even though I am one month late on the new year, it was just over one year ago that I created...

Well folks, the Christmas season is joyful indeed. I successfully executed two gigantic surprises this past season in pursuit of joy for...

My sister Georgia and I have had a really awesome summer together. It’s been wonderful having her on this side of the Atlantic, both in...

It’s been a while since I have had the opportunity to blog! Travels have been busy, and the bit of downtime I had in the last little...

Y'all may know that I am a major nerrrrrd for aviation. Ever since I was a kid, I couldn't wait to get on my next plane. I made paper...

The first UT Alumni Choir tour has sadly come to a close, and in the absolutely stunning city of Venice. We were up bright and early in...