Gourmet
Wine Journal
This is a beautiful bed and breakfast about 15-20 minutes from the old tourist bastion of Avignon, and 20 minutes south of Châteauneuf du Pape. The cuisine is modern and...
Read MoreA dinner with good friends in Châteauneuf du Pape included two classic examples of Provençal cooking. Our hostess prepared a sensational grilled eggplant dish lacquered with tomato coulis and wonderfully...
Read MoreI took my orthopedic doctor out to dinner as a way of saying thank you for the terrific job he did on my total knee replacement in early January. (As...
Read MoreLongtime professional acquaintance, wine consultant and château owner, Dr. Alain Raynaud, was visiting Baltimore with Hélène Garcin promoting her portfolio of Argentine wines, so I invited them to be my...
Read MoreI have no doubt that the best decision I have ever made in my life was to marry my high school and college sweetheart, who I followed to France in...
Read MoreIt is very gratifying to participate in a charitable event like this, so generously donated by Joan and Brad Jones from Los Angeles, which benefitted my local charity in Northern...
Read MoreThis was a truly superb meal at a Relais & Chateaux restaurant run by Madame Leclerc and her husband, Chef Yvan Lebrun. The cuisine is clearly at a two- to...
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