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I 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...

Longtime 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...

I 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...

It 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...

This 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...

This restaurant, located at the foot of the old city of Quebec, is another Relais & Château restaurant and part of the Auberge Saint-Antoine hotel complex. We had a delicious...

On 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...

I 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...

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...