WINE WEDNESDAY: Graham’s Reserve Porto, Six Grapes
NV Graham’s Reserve Porto, Six Grapes ($23) This is a great Port-drinking time of year, perfect weather for the rich, fortified, fairly sweet classic from the Douro Valley in Portugal.…
The Great Seafood Treats of Late Summer, Part I: Soft-Shell Clams
There is a feel to the classic late-summer dinner in the northeast of the U.S., that glorious repast during which we notice that the sun’s going down a little earlier—and…
WINE MONDAY: A Short and Tasty History of California Cabernet Sauvignon
Last Thursday, I was part of a panel at the NYU Food Studies Department, along with Florence Fabricant, and William Woys Weaver, exploring the history of wine in your glass…
It’s Primavera Time!
Today, April 1, I have arrived in Italy to shore up my deals…and to find new deals at Italy’s largest annual wine fair, VinItaly in Verona. Beauty of Verona I…
My Wine of the Week: NV Ynocente Fino Sherry, Single Vineyard, Valdespino
WINE MONDAY My Wine of the Week: NV Ynocente Fino Sherry, Single Vineyard, Valdespino To me, one of the most overlooked wines in the world is dry Sherry. Most Americans…
MY TOP 25 BITES OF ANNO GASTRONOMI 2013!!!!
2013 was a great year for me, and my travel agent. I trod the globe restlessly, ever eager for a good answer to the eternal question: “where’s dinner?” Here are…
Bread and Butter Stuffing with Fresh Sage
Thanksgiving-philes! Gather ’round’ This is it! I mean it: ITTTTTTTTTTTTT! Without doubt, this is the greatest turkey stuffing I have ever encountered! A cult has grown around it!!! It has…
Italy’s Greatest Gastronomic Treasure, Emilia-Romagna: The Secrets Behind the Secret!
If you ask an Italian where the best food is in Italy, you almost always get the same answer. “Eh,” they like to say. “At my mother’s house!”…looking like “how…
How Sweet It Is
Sweet wines—also called “dessert wines” for the food that most frequently accompanies them—always appear on connoisseurs’ lists of the greatest wines in the world. Sauternes. Vintage Port. Trockenbeerenauslese. These are…