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TV Dinner at Home

Sitting down with my wife to watch my profile on 60 Minutes II, followed by a one hour profile on the Charlie Rose Show, I thought that just in case they were...

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Dining At Home
Chez Parker -- With My Wife's Good Old Fashioned Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes

The 1998 Marcoux Châteauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is knock-out stuff ... sumptuous, fat, rich, and complex, yet still an infant. It was tasted next to the 1998 Clos Erasmus from Priorat, Spain. New...

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Dining At Home
Palena Restaurant, Washington, DC March, 2001

This was my first dinner at Palena with my colleague, Pierre-Antoine Rovani, and friends. Some of the great courses we had included a foie gras soup, caramelized duck leg, and...

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Restaurants
The Finest Meal and Possibly the Greatest Wine and Food Match-ups of My Life

All I can say is that one of my favorite writers and gluttons, the late A. J. Liebling, would have been in awe of the food and wines that were...

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Restaurants
Dinner with Dear Friends; Chef de Cuisine - Robert Parker

With jumbo lump Maryland Crab Cakes I prepared for dear friends, I served a 1995 Coche-Dury Corton Charlemagne, 1997 Kongsgaard Chardonnay, and 1989 Comtes Lafon Meursault. The Coche-Dury is a great white Burgundy...

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Dining At Home
Charity Dinner at the Oregon Grille, Baltimore

The best restaurant outside Baltimore, in rural northern Baltimore County is the Oregon Grille. I have long been a fan of Chef Mark Henry, although I don't think this restaurant...

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