This modern, tiny restaurant is just outside of Vaison-La-Romaine and adjacent to the hillside Côtes du Rhône village of Roaix. Since I had had a good-sized lunch, I ate very...

This casual Provençal restaurant/bistro changed ownership a few years ago, and it is now a mecca for thirsty and hungary southern Rhône wine enthusiasts. One of the most dramatic changes...

This was another fabulous evening at L'Ami Louis with pretty much the same menu, although at this meal we substituted the hot confit for their cold confit of duck served...

L'Ami Louis may be my favorite restaurant ... in the world. Although September is not the best time to dine there since the fresh scallops do not come in until...

My local restaurant was the venue for a meeting of some of my wife's best friends, and a "magnum force" tasting of wines given the fact there were ten of...

After a previous lunch at Beaugravière, I looked forward to a return visit for dinner during my long sojourn in the Rhône Valley. There were so many things on the...

My favorite southern Rhône restaurant is undeniably La Beaugravière. I have been eating here for over fifteen years, and the husband and wife team of Tina and Chef Guy Jullien...

Visitors to the Willamette Valley should try this relatively new restaurant located in the little town of Newberg, which is situated in the heart of Oregon Pinot Noir country. The...

Perhaps my favorite Italian cuisine in the United States is from Chef Tom at Tomasso's in Brooklyn, NY. Although he is certainly capable of turning out more refined cuisine, I...