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Two friends from Singapore had treated my wife and I very generously on our visit to that country, and we wanted to reciprocate on their trip to Maryland, thus our...

As I have written before, the two greatest chefs from Valence to the Mediterranean coastline, in that corridor which encompasses the Rhône Valley and Provence, are Anne-Sophie Pic of Restaurant...

With the crisp, steely, mineral-laced 2008 Vatan Sancerre Clos de Neore, my wife and I enjoyed some of our favorite dishes at this marvelous, turn of the century restaurant/brasserie in Montparnasse....

L’Ami Louis was packed the two times my wife and I visited on our recent trip to France, and we essentially had the identical meal and wines on each occasion....

A magical restaurant and small hotel just outside a magical village, Lourmarin, Le Fenière has the one of the best chefs of the Rhône Valley and Provence, Reine Sammut. All...

Another beautiful Provençal day allowed my wife and I to have lunch under the huge shade trees in the courtyard of La Beaugravière. The wine list here is legendary, especially...

This was my first visit to this bistro, at which it is very difficult to get a reservation. Chef Stephane Jego has quickly built this into one of the hottest...

This small BYOB café in a local strip mall has the best Italian cuisine in the Baltimore region. The arrival several years ago of Tuscan Chef Lucca from a restaurant...

Coming from a generation that thought no one over 30 could be trusted, and that anyone over 40 must be old, dreary, and incapable of enjoying life, I must say...