Anyone who misses the oysters that come from the aquatic farms and oyster beds in the bay near the seaside village of Arcachon knows just how wonderful these bivalves can...

The go-to bistro in Bordeaux, La Tupina has long been a wonderfully comforting place to eat. You can’t beat the entrance where you are greeted by a fireplace with rotisserie...

This wonderful little bistro, which can’t seat more than 15 or 18 people by the look of it, is run by a young Asian couple. It features terrific French bistro...

This was another extravagant bash and free-for-all at Mark’s Duck House, and there were a number of wines that I didn’t even get a chance to taste, but I was...

Chef Luca got some fresh baby octopus in, and created a wonderfully, garlicky marinara to complement the sweet and tender octopus. The other dishes, including the wonderful pizza, were all...

The stars of this evening for me wine-wise were the over-achieving 2004 Auxey-Duresses from Lalou Bize Leroy, the brilliant, chalky, crisp, minerally 1996 Blanc de Blancs Champagne from Stéphane Coquillette, and of...

This popular BYOB restaurant in Hunt Valley/Cockeysville, Maryland has terrific casual Italian food (although the chef from Tuscany and the owner from Bari on the Adriatic coastline are far more...

Two friends from Singapore had treated my wife and I very generously on our visit to that country, and we wanted to reciprocate on their trip to Maryland, thus our...

As I have written before, the two greatest chefs from Valence to the Mediterranean coastline, in that corridor which encompasses the Rhône Valley and Provence, are Anne-Sophie Pic of Restaurant...