Until this spring, I’d never done a wine tasting visit to Europe. In fact, until January, I’d never formally gone wine tasting outside of...

I spent two weeks wandering around New Zealand finding myself gobsmacked not just by the natural beauty, but also the quality of the...

When you visit a locale that happens to make excellent wine, make sure you leave room in your suitcase. When I booked my January trip to...

A few years back, the art world was shaken to its core when Italian absurdist artist Maurizio Cattelan duct taped a ripe banana to a wall...

We've all heard of wagyu beef, Japan's absurdly marbled steaks that, according to urban legend, come from cows treated like kings––given...

I like to think I am knowledgable about food and beverages. But sometimes one has an experience that reminds you just how little you...

Virgilio Martínez was just 31 when he took his Cordon Bleu training and line cooking experience back to his native Peru with a goal of...

Tucked in the belly of the glistening skyscrapers of Shinjuku is Tokyo's own "Memory Lane," or Omoide Yokocho, a narrow alleyway housing...

The Bay Area is special to me––not only is it my birthplace, but it was the site of my first big foray into foodiedom. Back when I was...

I've been lucky enough (before this meal) to enjoy Kyle Connaughton's cuisine from SingleThread twice––once at the restaurant in...

Both of y'all loyal readers will have to forgive my spotty (i.e., completely absent) blogging for the better part of the last year. I...

In 2020 the Glass Fire tore through northern Napa and Sonoma in an unprecedented disaster for California's epicenter of wine growing....

It's a small obsession of mine to find places making wine where you'd never assume excellent grapes would grow. Most recently I visited...

Since Josh Skenes stepped away from the kitchen at Saison, his new flagship project is the mini-chain of Angler restaurants in San...

One of the evenings I missed writing up in the shuffle of my big move out west was a combo dinner and cocktail night during Chicago Pride...

Most often, the experience at eating at a Thai restaurant in any given city in America is largely predictable––inexpensive food in strip...

Nothing could have made me happier than a visit from my mother and sister a few months after my move to northern California, even more...

I finally left academia after my rather disastrous and traumatic experience teaching at Davidson College. Making woefully little money,...

I confess I was a shameless ridiculer of the new meat-substitute products that have flooded the market and taken even fast food...

Decades before the widespread propagation of the very idea of "fine dining" in America, DC native and self-taught chef Patrick O'Connell...