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Oscar hors d’oeuvres

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Q San Francisco March 2000 Pages 54-55 Oscar hors d’oeuvres and the QSF Award for best wines of the year The idea of the importance of wine to film seems a stretch. But my view… 

Veneto: Outstanding Originals

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Santé The Magazine for Restaurant Professionals November 1998 Page 42-43, 75-76 Veneto: Outstanding Original In April, I find myself jetting across the Atlantic to hang for a week in the Veneto – specifically, Verona. Home… 

The Key to a Successful Picnic

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Q San Francisco May 1998 Pages 48-49 The Key to a Successful Picnic (and what to wear!) illustrations by F.J. Rocca I love the ocean but remain firmly convinced that if any creationary deity had… 

A Taste for Romance

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Q San Francisco March 1998 Pages 43-44 A Taste for Romance It is tempting, for an issue on pets, to be twistedly evil and write a column on Barbecued Basset or Grilled Guinea Pig. I… 

California Sparklers

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Santé The Magazine for Restaurant Professionals Holiday 1997 Pages 61-64 California Sparklers Twice while I worked for Santé, I was asked to do all the tasting and write-ups of tasting notes, for articles written by… 

Affordable Elegance

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Q San Francisco September 1997 Pages 42-43 Affordable Elegance There are wines in the world that are renowned far and wide for their quality and excellence. Most of these need no advertising, and certainly no… 

WINE & Pork

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Wine & Spirits Fall 1997 Guide to Understanding Wine & Food Pages 59-65 WINE & Pork Dan Perlman, with Lidia Bastianich and Chef Fortunato Nictora I remember as a child how the slaughtering of pigs… 

Passion foods

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Q San Francisco March 1997 Pages 42-43 In preparing to write this column I turned first to that indispensable aid, the VCR. Finding a direct link was easy as I watched with eyes as glazed…