On our way back from Montreal, we stopped at the Shangri-La of wine cellars, the residence of Park B. Smith, a dear friend and restaurant owner/textile magnate from New York...

I can’t speak highly enough of the intensely flavorful comfort food from the Montreal bistro M Sur Masson. The event was actually a meal catered at a dear friend’s house...

I suppose one could call this beautiful, mostly open-air garden in Vieux Montreal a brasserie or bistro. It is a very casual place, with great ambience, good music, and food clearly aimed...

For The Benefit of Children with Autism in Montreal I was on maximal social discourse duty for this event and barely had a chance to taste the food, but what...

I have always enjoyed this restaurant for their casual, but intensely flavored dinners. Our two inexpensive wines included a tasty dry white from Nama made from the Gewurztraminer grape, and...

I love this restaurant, which represents an homage to some of the great French bistros in Paris, particularly the eater’s paradise of L’Ami Louis. Many of the well-known dishes from...

One of a handful of Michelin three-star restaurants in the United States is the Restaurant at Meadowood in St.-Helena, California. (The only other three-star venue in Napa Valley is Thomas...

This casual restaurant is a terrific source of spectacular pizza (sorry, I can’t get use to the term “flatbread”). Located on the approach to Los Alamos, a tiny one-horse village...

Chef Cindy Wolf was in Italy the night we visited, but the kitchen staff did not miss a beat, preparing a wonderful meal with everything precise, beautifully flavored and elegantly...