Dining At Home
Gourmet
Usually I dine at the Saint Julien restaurant during en primeur, but since the lecherous chef put us off our canard last year, the B.I. boys elected to spend the...
Read MoreWith my wife having a long week-end in Paris while I was tied to my desk editing and proof-reading the next issue of The Wine Advocate, I decided to take a...
Read MoreI sometimes view the main forum on eRP as a modern-day “Dallas” played out in cyberspace. Regular readers will be familiar with the “big characters” whose contributions, insights and occasional...
Read MoreWe began with a Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 1996. More elegant than their profound 1995, it is an exquisite example of 100% Chardonnay champagne that is pure elegance and finesse. It...
Read MoreDinner began with a brilliant Chardonnay, the 1999 Marcassin Upper Barn, which I believe is the last vintage this estate made of this wine from a vineyard owned by Jess Jackson....
Read MoreIt could be the presence of an illustrious guest from Essex or it could be Robert Parker’s altruism. Whatever the reason, we were spoilt by some exceptional wines chez lui...
Read MoreTo celebrate the first visit to the USA by several Châteauneuf du Pape proprietors, my wife and I pulled out all the stops and prepared a totally American meal. It...
Read MoreA dinner my wife and I (mostly me) cooked for some friends included my famous crab cakes, made from the highest quality Maryland jumbo lump backfin crab meat I can...
Read MoreMy favorite smoked salmon, from Brown Trading Company, is a special Scottish salmon smoked to the specifications of New York's great French chef, Daniel Boulud. The subtlety of its intense...
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