Wine. Travel. Food.
A few years back Bon Appetit magazine published its list of America’s Top 10 restaurants, and The Optimist Fish Camp and Oyster Bar in Atlanta came in at number seven. The name apparently refers to a kids’ sailing dinghy (first time I’d heard that).
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I first became aware of Francis Mallmann a few years back when Joanne and I visited Mendoza, in the heart of Argentina’s winemaking region. Our concierge strongly recommended his restaurant and praised his cooking technique, apparently inspired by the Argentine Gauchos, so we gave it a try. Read more
Joanne and I took a road trip last week through the South. One stop was Louisville, Kentucky and its Grande Dame hotel, The Brown – home to the Mint Julep, all kinds of bourbon and one of the world’s great sandwiches (more on that in a moment).
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The late entertainer Jimmy Durante once said… “Everybody wants to get into the act!”
And indeed… EVERYBODY is into the act these days… I’m talking about Chicken & Waffles.
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Last year, Men’s Journal magazine published a piece on “The Ten Best Steakhouses in the world.” Not the ten best in the U.S., the ten best ANYWHERE.
I was pleased and proud to see Manny’s on the list, and to discover that I’d eaten at six of them.
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It’s probably the most iconic brasserie in Paris, and certainly one of the most beautiful – commonly referred to as an “Art Deco jewel.” But the great thing about La Coupole is how proudly it wears the mantel of history, nearly a century after it first opened its doors.
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I was saddened to read a piece in today’s “FOOD” section of the NEW YORK TIMES titled “In Paris, Expensive Tables Sit Empty”
I promised in an earlier post to hold off blogging about Sydney until fall, since now they’re heading into winter. BUT!…I checked the weather there the other day and saw that it was 75 degrees. So maybe now’s the PERFECT time to blog about it. And since my word isn’t worth a whole lot….here we go.
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It’s been argued that Shanghai doesn’t have a cuisine of its own, and that it blends cultures and flavors from surrounding areas.
But so what? This city is so large and dynamic that even the snobbiest purist will find endless opportunities for culinary exploration.
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Having spent some time France, I’ve learned a few things about the French. For example, if you’re struggling to pronounce something and all you get is a blank stare in response, they probably know exactly what you’re trying to say but are playing dumb just to mess with you. You can see the sadism in their eyes.
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