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Gourmet

Magdalena Restaurant - The Ivy Hotel

By and large, the California Chardonnays performed overall better than the white Burgundies, although I was super-impressed with Louis Latour's 2009 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru White Burgundy, with loads of quince, white...

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Vito's Ristorante Italiano

Our casual wine group got together for a delicious lunch at Vito's in Cockeysville. We started with their assorted appetizers, which are standard fare there, but the chef's homemade/handmade ravioli...

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Iwa (Sushi), Ginza - Tokyo, Japan

As the world continues to globalize each day towards one great homogenous smorgasbord menu, there remain two salvations for the expression of unique cultural identities that I believe each and...

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Angele - Napa, California

I've been several times now to Angèle since I moved here less than a year ago. It's something of a favored lunchtime café of the local Napa wine trade. In...

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Magdalena Restaurant - The Ivy Hotel

Magdalena, with British chef Marc Levy manning the kitchen, has the potential to be one of the finest restaurants in all of Maryland. The restaurant and the luxury boutique hotel,...

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Bocca di Lupo - London

Eventually I plumped for Bocco di Lupo, just a five-minute walk from Piccadilly in Soho, nestling in the heart of theatreland. Opening back in 2008, the name translates as "mouth...

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Blackberry Farm

This was a magnificent meal at Blackberry Farm, a place that had been on my bucket list for a while. It is considered one of the most luxurious and tranquil...

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Le Divil

This superb bistro is located in the heart of downtown Perpignan and specializes in local southwest cuisine. The wine list is small, but offers solid wines at reasonable prices. Bordeaux,...

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Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen

I must have first visited the 30-plus year old wine country culinary institution that is Cindy Pawlcyn's Mustards Grill in Yountville over 10 years ago. I still remember the melt-in-your-mouth...

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