Gourmet
Wine Journal
This was a dinner and blind tasting with the famed Bordeaux group Les Oenarchs. The meal, prepared by Chef Frances Garcia, formerly of Chapon Fin, included a salad of lamb...
Read MoreI was invited to donate some New World Pinot Noir pirates to a blind tasting of highly regarded 1999 red Burgundies. The participants, called the Burgdogs, were all big-time red...
Read MoreStatistically, the winter of 2001 was wet and warm. The following spring was largely uneventful save for some frost alerts in an unusually cool, overcast April. By the end of...
Read MoreAnother marvelous meal prepared by the great French chef, Daniel Boulud, the early courses were brilliant. They included his incredibly perfumed, intensely flavored fresh anchovy dish, and delicate salad of...
Read MoreThis charity dinner benefitted the scholarship program for San Francisco's Hamlin School. One of the distinguished participants on Mark Squires' message board, Bill Langelier, and his wife, Carolyn, purchased this...
Read MoreI pulled out the big eight from 1982 that I had purchased as wine futures in 1983, took possession of immediately upon their arrival to America, and had stored in...
Read MoreSince Restaurant Daniel does not serve lunch, I was quick to accept the invitation of the great one, Chef Daniel Boulud, to cook lunch for me and some friends at...
Read MoreA spring from hell, my Mother's death as well as that of my best friend's wife, delayed any real celebration of Mother's Day. It has long been our tradition to have...
Read MoreAnyone visiting northern Baltimore County during soft-shell crab season (usually May - August) won't find any better than Mark Henry's. His lobster corncake isn't bad either, and of course, the...
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