Say hello to the vineyards of Chateauneuf du Pape! Everyone has an adventure of a lifetime…and some are lucky enough to have many…for us, a trip to cooking school with Patricia Wells gave us multiple “lifetime trips”, including a drive… Read More ›
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Mario Batali! You Casa Mono, You! Yes, Chef Batali Rocks Your Tapas Off!
Looks delicious, doesn’t it? Well it is, and you can eat it too! Wait until you find out what it is! I was lucky enough to be in New York this past weekend, and after a bit of a weather… Read More ›
Cheeseburger Red! Holiday Burger Wine! Super Bacon Burgers! The Best Burgers On Earth!
What a great way to celebrate the 4th! Cheeseburger wine! Congrats to Rootstock Cellars for its Cheeseburger Red ($12.99)! This is an inexpensive way to toast the 4th! Rootstock’s Cheeseburger Red is a blend of California Petite Sirah, Barbera, and… Read More ›
Tasting Provence! Cooking With Patricia Wells! Food and Travel Unite!
Welcome to Gigondas – this is a look back at our fall 2009 trip to France – here we are posing from this beautiful village in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape region of France… And of course Paris – Alex and I love… Read More ›
Congrats, Per Se! Named One Of The Best Restaurants In The World – The French Laundry, Too! Plus Ad Hoc Fried Chicken!
This is a celebration of the world’s best food, created by the world’s best Chefs! This week, S. Pellegrino released their fairly well-regarded annual list of the “World’s 50 Best Restaurants,” and for the third year in a row, René… Read More ›
The French Laundry! Michael Ruhlman! Best Books About Food!
Food. We all have to eat it. There’s no getting around that fact. So…if you begin by acknowledging that fact, then why not take the next logical step and try to enjoy it? FRIED OYSTERS! Growing up in the Pacific… Read More ›
Best Movie Recipes! “Goodfellas” Garlic, Belushi Food Fights + Big Nights!
I want to watch a movie. AND I am hungry. Just like Bluto, eyeing the food right above us. What to do? Easy. Dinner IN A MOVIE. I have posted about this before, but I wanted to update, expand, and… Read More ›
BONE LUGE? Drink Up! The New “Planking” – With Bones & Booze!
Planking Alert! Yes, we all know that “planking” is so 2011…it got to the point where Rosario Dawson did it on TV…just laid it all right out there for all to see… But now there is a new fad, this… Read More ›
Cook Like A Goodfella! See How The Mob Slices Garlic “GoodFellas Thin!”!
“Goodfellas thin”: The unofficial measurement of a slice of garlic cut extremely thin using a razor blade. In 1990, Scorsese teamed up with Robert DeNiro to tell the story of Henry Hill, the young kid who worked his way up… Read More ›
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