My 5: Favorite Greek Dishes
I’ve been loving Greek food for a long time…not way back to The First Bites, of course, but long. My first exposure, in fact—after growing up with Italian, Chinese, and no…
Foie Glossary: Mastering Those Infernal Labels
Rosengarten Classic. Originally Published: ROSENGARTEN REPORT, November 2004. The foie gras name game is designed to be as confusing as possible (the governing theory being that your confusion is cash in their…
Goin’ High-End in South Africa!
South Africa is not all soul-rattling African food, simmering collisions of historical immigrant food, nor flaming braai (the South African word for grilling). Oh, those things are enough to keep ME…
Capers and Zibibbo Grapes: Gastronomic Report from Pantelleria
Fresh pasta served on Pantelleria with pesto pantesco Last week I gave you my first impressions of Pantelleria, a scruffy, soulful volcanic rock that floats in the water between Sicily…
My Five: Most Important Chefs of My Lifetime (Warning…It’s Really Ten!)
I chose my words carefully here. I was tempted to call this group “my five favorite chefs of all time,” but then realized that’d be impossible to decide. Too many…
Re-Port from Portugal…And the Splashiest New Hotel in the World
I am back in Porto, my fourth glorious visit in five years: half a decade of understanding the funky wackiness of northern Portuguese food, half a decade of giving myself…
Welcome Summer in with…The Domestic BlissBurger!
Rosengarten Classic. Originally Published: ROSENGARTEN REPORT, May 2009. It is hamburger season, dagnabit…and here, for me, is the hamburger deal in a nugget: 1) Not one of us needs any…
Scenes from the French Art of Living: A Perfect Hotel Stay in Champagne
Without doubt, it was the painting in my hotel room that got to me most of all. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that no single detail…
Recipe for Gazpacho: The Real Deal
Rosengarten Classic. Originally Published: Posted on Internet in 2007 Gazpacho It is high gazpacho season once again…and time once again for me to go highly ballistic about how messed-up our gazpacho-making…