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Charleston

A charity dinner at Baltimore's finest restaurant to benefit Seattle's Children's Hospital included a terrific meal from brilliant chef Cindy Wolf, and impeccable wine service orchestrated by Tony Foreman. Chef...

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Mark's Duck House

Another splendid meal of delicious chive, lobster, scallop, and shrimp dumplings, pot stickers, sausage, fried rice, and roast pork, was accompanied by a wide range of wines that included some...

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Mark's Duck House

Another sumptuous Dim Sum luncheon at Mark's Duck House included their fabulous crab, lobster, shrimp, and scallop dumplings, pork buns, roasted pork, and the world's finest pot stickers. The white...

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Mark's Duck House

Our wine and food extravaganza at Mark's Duck House began with the brilliant, moderately sweet 2004 Dönnhoff Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Spätlese which offered gorgeous aromatics as well as wonderful notes of citrus...

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L'Ami Louis

Once again I had a sumptuous meal at my favorite restaurant when I'm in the mood to eat the finest simple food in the world. I have never had better...

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La Tupina

My favorite bistro in Bordeaux, La Tupina has a roaring fireplace and rotisserie, a superb atmosphere, a pleasant wine list, and intensely flavored food. This is not the place to...

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Chez Philippe Auberge Pyrenées

This is one of my favorite spots for cassoulet in Paris. I began eating here over 25 years ago, but after the original owner died, it was closed for several...

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Citronelle

This was a brilliant meal at Citronelle offered by Simon & Schuster for some of their local authors, including me, one of my favorite novelists, Stephen Hunter, and married political...

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Abacrombie

This was a holiday luncheon and tasting to see how the 1994 California Cabernets and Merlots are aging (contrary to the "doom and gloom" skeptics who do not believe a...

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