Gourmet
Wine Journal
I suppose one could call this beautiful, mostly open-air garden in Vieux Montreal a brasserie or bistro. It is a very casual place, with great ambience, good music, and food clearly aimed...
Read MoreI can’t speak highly enough of the intensely flavorful comfort food from the Montreal bistro M Sur Masson. The event was actually a meal catered at a dear friend’s house...
Read MoreOn our way back from Montreal, we stopped at the Shangri-La of wine cellars, the residence of Park B. Smith, a dear friend and restaurant owner/textile magnate from New York...
Read MoreThis was a truly superb meal at a Relais & Chateaux restaurant run by Madame Leclerc and her husband, Chef Yvan Lebrun. The cuisine is clearly at a two- to...
Read MoreIt is very gratifying to participate in a charitable event like this, so generously donated by Joan and Brad Jones from Los Angeles, which benefitted my local charity in Northern...
Read MoreI have no doubt that the best decision I have ever made in my life was to marry my high school and college sweetheart, who I followed to France in...
Read MoreLongtime professional acquaintance, wine consultant and château owner, Dr. Alain Raynaud, was visiting Baltimore with Hélène Garcin promoting her portfolio of Argentine wines, so I invited them to be my...
Read MoreI took my orthopedic doctor out to dinner as a way of saying thank you for the terrific job he did on my total knee replacement in early January. (As...
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