Anyone visiting northern Baltimore County during soft-shell crab season (usually May - August) won't find any better than Mark Henry's. His lobster corncake isn't bad either, and of course, the...

I  would have to rank the cooking of Michel Richard alongside that of New York's Daniel Boulud as the finest French-inspired cuisine in America. His style is completely different from...

This was a blind vertical of the famed Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from Heitz Cellars. All of the wines, except for the corked bottles of 1990, 1988 and 1984, showed plenty of cedar, cassis...

Since Restaurant Daniel does not serve lunch, I was quick to accept the invitation of the great one, Chef Daniel Boulud, to cook lunch for me and some friends at...

A spring from hell, my Mother's death as well as that of my best friend's wife, delayed any real celebration of Mother's Day. It has long been our tradition to have...

Statistically, the winter of 2001 was wet and warm. The following spring was largely uneventful save for some frost alerts in an unusually cool, overcast April. By the end of...

I  commented on the bulletin board about how abysmal the food was at this restaurant, but the views are magnificent, the wine list extraordinary, and the quality of the service...

This was a dinner and blind tasting with the famed Bordeaux group Les Oenarchs. The meal, prepared by Chef Frances Garcia, formerly of Chapon Fin, included a salad of lamb...

I  was invited to donate some New World Pinot Noir pirates to a blind tasting of highly regarded 1999 red Burgundies. The participants, called the Burgdogs, were all big-time red...