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…
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,…
Building a Relationship with the Kitchen
Santé The Magazine for Restaurant Professionals March/April 2002 Page 28 FROM THE CELLAR Building a Relationship with the Kitchen The “front-of-house” and “back-of-house” staff are in the restaurant business for different reasons. In general, cooks…
Williams Selyem Part II
This was one hell of a wine dinner. Not my wine collection – a friend of mine was working for a rather wealthy dotcom sort (one of the founders of DoubleClick, and, if I understood…
How to Throw an Inexpensive Dinner Party
Q San Francisco January 2002 Pages 40-41 How to Throw an Inexpensive Dinner Party One of the newest (or is it oldest?) trends is a return to “comfort foods”. Sometimes you just need to say…
A Taste for Champagne
Q San Francisco November 2001 Pages 52-53 A Taste for Champagne 12 Great Choices to Make Your Holidays Sparkle My friend Theresa keeps a bottle of champagne open in her refrigerator. Each night, before bed,…
Bargain Hunting
Santé The Magazine for Restaurant Professionals April/May 2001 Page 30 FROM THE CELLAR Bargain Hunting I feel a little like the restaurant reviewer starting a column with “there’s this great little hole-in-the-wall that I probably…