To honor the whirlwind visit of board member Jeff Leve, who brought a wine I had never before tasted, the 2004 “Château Palmer Hermitage,” we sat down for a mini-horizontal...

This is a sensational venue for refined, sophisticated as well as creative Dim Sum dishes (the dinner menu also offers very ambitious classic Cantonese cuisine) from Chef Ken Tam. Many...

This was my first visit to Mark’s Duck House since Mr. and Mrs. Mark sold the restaurant. Thankfully, we did not see any changes, with the kitchen staff and the...

Although it was a night for a brilliant showing of older California Cabernets, the opening salvos included a crisp, seemingly fully mature 1995 Dom Pérignon and still young, beginning to tighten up...

I provided the wines from my cellar, and the great Daniel Boulud provided his restaurant as well as himself and his superb kitchen staff to cook the meal - all...

Two of my favorite television shows are HBO’s The Wire and The Sopranos. From a script writing perspective, I don’t think I have ever seen a tighter script than David Simon’s and Edward...

To celebrate a good friend’s 60th birthday, we went to Chef Cindy Wolf’s superb restaurant, Charleston, situated in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, a few blocks from the National Aquarium. Four days...

The brilliant dumplings served at Mark’s Duck House were accompanied by sensational dishes of Chinese sausage, fried rice, and the best won-ton soup I have ever tasted. They were perfect...

My wife and I had a quiet celebration of our 38th wedding anniversary (I robbed the cradle for sure, and did it in style) at our favorite local haunt, the...