Easy, delicious duck paired with vibrant red wine
Today, my good friend Alex is receiving the Cartaví Internacional award for the Spanish selection of her wine list at Veritas, in New York. On many a night, Alex and I hosted impromptu…
Read moreHappiness Is a Ripe Avocado
How can the “greatest city in the world” be bereft of decent quality avocados? I have no idea. This is why I left New York for California. Well, there were…
Read moreFlavor-Blasted Spaghetti and Meatballs
I consider myself gifted when it comes to gift giving. Unless a loved one is completely inscrutable, in which case I’ll harness my inner Sherlock and do my best not to succumb…
Read moreA Chicken for Every Broken Heart
There’s only so much consoling one can do over Gchat. I decided to escalate my efforts to help my friend get over a recent breakup by preparing her Dolores’ Brokenhearted Chicken,…
Read moreCheese-pocalypse Now
“A highway tunnel in Norway will be shut down for several weeks after being damaged by blank.” The only fill-in I could think of was impossible. Whenever I think of Norwegian…
Read moreDon’t Stop Believing
Hold on to that feeling – the feeling that you can eat and drink what you want; the feeling that wine is meant to be savored; the feeling that you…
Read moreThere and Back Again
Hooray for The Hobbit! Today’s premiere is the cinematic event I’ve been waiting for since I saw the credits roll on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Like…
Read moreRoots of the Matter
The bottle of 1996 Barbaresco called to me twice. The first time was when I bought it in Baltimore. The second was when I opened it for a special three-year-and-nine-day…
Read moreVouvray Two Ways
“This is it!” a dinner guest exclaimed. “Vouvray is our family wine.” After tasting it, I wished I could have hopped in my DeLorean, hit 88 miles per hour and…
Read moreTake Me to Your Liter
A chunky new kid shows up at school – what do you do? If that kid is a big 1L bottle of Grüner, you should throw an arm around its broad…
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