Hot & Spicy
Q San Francisco January 2001 Pages 56-57 Hot & Spicy In the town that I grew up in there were two Chinese restaurants. Both served what I’ve since come to regard as watered down Cantonese-American…
The Perfect Cocktail Party
Q San Francisco November 2000 Pages 60-61 The Perfect Cocktail Party Ever since seeing Mame for the first time, I’ve wanted to through lavish, unconventional cocktail parties. What could be more fun than having your…
A Roll of the Deiss
Another one of our wine themed dinners – here, with all but the sparkling to launch the evening, from Marcel Deiss, one of my favorite Alsace producers. A Roll of the Deiss Sunday, 8 October,…
All Tarted Up & Nowhere To Go
All I remember is that I’d picked up some bottles of different vintages of “Clos de Tart”, and invited a bunch of wine geek friends to sample them over dinner. The names of the dishes…
A Taste of New England
Q San Francisco July 2000 Pages 54-55 A Taste of New England There’s something very romantic about New England. It may be that taciturn Yankee stoicism, much reminiscent of a couple of past boyfriends. It…
A Taste of Hawaii
Q San Francisco May 2000 Pages 54-55 A Taste of Hawaii There are many things about Hawaii that captures our imagination including: beaches, volcanoes, palm trees and ocean waves, but until recently food was just…
Beaujolais: Gamay at its Best
Santé The Magazine for Restaurant Professionals May-June 2000 Pages 80-82 Beaujolais: Gamay at its Best Twice while I worked for Santé, I was asked to do all the tasting and write-ups of tasting notes, for…
Oscar hors d’oeuvres
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…