Champagne Cocktails
Q San Francisco November 2002 Pages 48-49 Champagne Cocktails It was 1933 and Prohibition had just ended. Sherman Billingsley moved the world famous Stork Club to its third and final incarnation in east midtown Manhattan.…
After Theater Dining
Passport Magazine Issue 11 – October 2002 After Theater Dining Want to go to dinner and a show? I find that a difficult proposition. When I’ve worked all day, I want to go home, shower,…
Great Wines For the Discerning Connoisseur
Q San Francisco September 2002 Pages 44-45 It’s hard to be the arbiter of fashion. But somebody’s got to do it. When the question of fashion is not Yohji Yamamoto versus K-Mart, but wine, the…
Postcards from the edge…
I don’t really recall how, as the beverage director for restaurants AZ and pazo, I ended up with the job of creating marketing postcards. I think maybe we just had a lot of time on…
Bastille Day Picnic Dinner
Self explanatory, no? Bastille Day Picnic Dinner July 14, 2002 1995 Perrier-Jouet Fleur de Champagne Potage Froid de Maïs Pissaladière 1997 Domaine Sainte-Anne Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Cuvée Notre-Dame des Cellettes Poulet Roti a la Lavande Tomates…
The Ultimate Cocktail Party
Q San Francisco July 2002 Pages 46-47 the ultimate COCKTAIL PARTY In my mind, the ultimate cocktail party is one straight out of a James Bond film. (Points here if you can name all seven…
Cooking with Spring Vegetables
Q San Francisco May 2002 Pages 46-47 Cooking with Spring Vegetables Vegetables are the Elaine Stritch of the food world – delightfully crunchy raw, but even better when just a bit fried. When spring arrives,…
The Third Sunday
Nothing to say about this one as I don’t really recall anything about it, other than obviously from the date, it happened on the third Sunday of the month rather than the second… so we’ll…