A Taste of New Orleans
Q San Francisco January 2000 Pages 54-55 A Taste of New Orleans When food people talk about great food cities, there are a few places that are always discussed: New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney,…
The Last Gathering of the Popular Millennium
Obviously, given the date, we didn’t meet on the second Sunday that month – I imagine it was an “orphan’s” Christmas, as many (NY-ers in particular I think) are wont to call them – all…
Harvest Dinner
There are many things we could be celebrating this weekend – the birthdays of Georgia O’Keeffe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Petula Clark, Anni Frid, Cluade Monet, Jawahal Nehru, Robert Fulton, Veronica Lake, Brian Keith, McLean Stevenson,…
Holiday Spirits
Q San Francisco November 1999 Pages 52-53 Holiday Spirits “He has given us plenty of merriment, I am sure,’ said Fred,’ and it would be ungrateful not to drink his health. Here is a glass…
Chianti: Robust and Reborn
Santé The Magazine for Restaurant Professionals November 1999 Pages 42-44, 91-97 Chianti: Robust and Reborn I found myself more than a little put off as I read an article by a famed wine writer on…
10-10- Dinner
Back in the day before things like Skype and Vonage, or even instant messaging, there was a period that one can only think back on as the 10-10- days. The was a sudden spate of…
Food for Thought
Q San Francisco September 1999 Pages 52-53 Food for Thought Inventor Nikola Tesla subsisted a good portion of his adult life on milk and Ritz crackers, served in multiples of the number three. He basically…
Sandwich Spread
The theme started with an historical event relating to the Sandwich Islands – and the idea built from there. SECOND SUNDAY SUPPER CIRCLE SANDWICH SPREAD AUG. 8, 1999 On August 8, 1860, the Queen of…