"What all did this involve?" is a question many curious family members, friends, and fellow wine professionals ask about certification.

Here's the next update of my Sommelier Studies series, focusing on one of my absolute favorite grape varietals.

The Maestro has decided he can't quit his love of learning, and I'm going "back to school," as it were––toward the end of this year, I'll...

For the next few installments of the Maestro's "Clues for the Clueless," allow me to answer some of your most pressing wine questions.

I excitedly watched the weekend weather forecast for the Charlotte metro area develop over the past week––a massive winter storm was set...

Perhaps it was the sense of impending doom resulting from waking up every day in this pandemic, now again in a terrible phase, that...

As a child of Utah, I remember July 24 fondly as Utah's statehood anniversary, dubbed Pioneer Day––a little extra 4th of July, with...

Today I present another of my neglected posts from back in the early parts of quarantine in Iowa, with the hopes that you, too can find...

One of the cooler trends we've been seeing emerge during the pandemic from restaurants are take-home, heat-and-eat style dinners. These...

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

Like much of the country, I woke up on Wednesday morning feeling pretty darn terrible. Not just because of the amount of rum I drank the...

I always love exploring the various cuisines of the world, but know relatively little about African culinary traditions. I have, however,...

Now that I am back in the south, some of my memories of the south come back from time to time, and my discovery of the wonders of grits...

Ah, we have a new series to inaugurate! "Quarantine Cuisine" no longer seemed quite right, since I am, for all intents and purposes, not...

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,...

Things have been slow around here recently, mostly owing to the fact that my much-anticipated trip to California had to be shelved due to...

I suppose now that we are out of the most intense aspects of the "Quarantine" these days, at least in Iowa, I have decided to rename the...

Things are getting warmer around the country! With that in mind, I decided to present one of my very favorite beverages for warmer...

Rounding out our order from D'Artagnan was a beautiful breast of duck, one of my favorite proteins to cook, and one that is sure to make...

Back when the pandemic was just starting, I noticed that our old reliable supplier of fresh seafood, Fulton Fish Market, was offering a...