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Oenarch's Dinner

Tio Pepe Ristorante, Baltimore, MD...

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Lunch - La Régalade

As evidenced by the laudatory reviews in past Wine Advocate issues from both Pierre-Antoine Rovani and myself, this is one of the classic bistros of Paris as well as one of the...

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Lunch - L'Ami Louis

When in Paris, I try and eat at L'Ami Louis twice, so I returned for lunch to essentially repeat the previous evening's gluttony. The meal was splendid, as always, but...

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Dinner - L'Ami Louis

My favorite bistro, and probably my favorite restaurant for serious eating, is L'Ami Louis, the frightfully expensive restaurant that has been open since 1924. I've been eating here since 1975,...

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Lunch - Chez Catherine

This has been one of my favorite bistros since the days when it was located behind the opera. Catherine, the attractive red-haired chef/owner, has moved uptown into a contemporary, artistic...

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Dinner with Friends

The more I taste Burgundy, the more I tend to think that the great whites age better and more consistently than the great reds. I suppose that's heresy among most...

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Lunch at Citronelle

I misplaced the printed menu renowned chef Michel Richard had prepared, but essentially, I had asked him to prepare 12 courses of my favorite dishes from those he had served...

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Le Dôme

This meal was a replay of my lunch in January, and will probably be the same when I return to Paris in several months. Both their lobster salad and Sole...

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Dinner - Peter Goossens' Hof Van Cleve

Located about a 50 minute drive northwest of Brussels, in what appears to be a serene cow pasture, is the tiny culinary paradise of Hof Van Cleve. I had heard...

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