Fat lemons, rustic pasta and tiny clams on the Mediterranean Sea

Saturday, June 26th, 2010 Posted in Food, Travel, Wine | No Comments »

Just back from the ferry boats, footpaths and winding roads of Capri, Positano, Amalfi, Ravello… The mountains on the Amalfi Coast rise right up out of the sea, and the towns are built into them, terraced and layered in the ...

Green days, Campari nights

Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Food, Travel, Wine | No Comments »

Typically I’m not much of a lush, but last weekend I got pretty well intoxicated by Greenville, South Carolina. The premise was an assignment about the city's food scene, and we spent the better part of two days along the ...

Earlier this week at Chez Paul à Paris

Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Art, Craft, Food, Travel, Wine | No Comments »

Carafes of Bordeaux and water on the table, then the escargot in a hot ceramic croc with its handle missing; a basket of bread that we'd tear into pieces to push into the little snail cups to soak up the ...

West meets South

Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Food, In print/published, Travel, Wine | No Comments »

My travel piece about the Seattle food scene earned a headline on the cover of this month's Charleston Magazine. The cover image is by Peter Frank Edwards, who besides shooting the Seattle piece and wine piece, below, has ...

One for the Road

Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Travel, Wine | No Comments »

Also in the June issue of Charleston Magazine is a short article about an afternoon spent in Sonoma County last year, when we talked our way into a private barrel tasting at Fritz Winery, with advance help from friends in ...