Our romanticized vision of Paris is of lazy mornings floating down the Seine. But this post at Serious Eats reminded me of the darker side
Newsletter for August
The August edition is on its way to subscribers. Entitled “Speaking With Tongues: How Food Expresses Culture” we explore the cooking of Tuscany with a
Nausea and Restaurant Reviews
In doing some research on Atelier Crenn, the restaurant featuring the visually compelling, poetically-rendered cuisine that I blogged about last week, I came across this
Wine: Is it Product or Art?
Wine is inherently a commercial product; it takes great resources to create it. But in the right hands, winemaking is also a form of art,
Flowers Chardonnay Sonoma Coast 2009
One of Samuel Beckett’s characters in The Expelled said,“I have always been amazed at my contemporaries’ lack of finesse, I whose soul writhed from morning
Amuse Bouche
News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week, some amusing, some not so much. You can eat milkweed
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 