Leslie Rudd, owner of Dean and DeLuca as well as Rudd Estate Winery, is also the proprietor of one of the country’s finest “comfort food” restaurants, Press. Comparable to one...

This “Rarest of the Rare” charity dinner benefitted the Hospice du Rhône and the Johns Hopkins Cancer Clinic, and it was a great night for Rhône wine enthusiasts. Colorado retailer...

This was my first meal at Veritas since their famous chef Scott Bryan left, replaced by one of the sous chefs that had worked for Daniel Boulud for many years,...

Essentially, this is my go-to place when I am working in northern California. After working until seven or eight o’clock every night, I am not in the mood for a...

This noteworthy restaurant was highly recommended by Daniel Boulud, who first tasted Chef Susur Lee’s cooking when Lee was a young apprentice in Hong Kong. A genius in terms of...

To honor the whirlwind visit of board member Jeff Leve, who brought a wine I had never before tasted, the 2004 “Château Palmer Hermitage,” we sat down for a mini-horizontal...

This is a sensational venue for refined, sophisticated as well as creative Dim Sum dishes (the dinner menu also offers very ambitious classic Cantonese cuisine) from Chef Ken Tam. Many...

This was my first visit to Mark’s Duck House since Mr. and Mrs. Mark sold the restaurant. Thankfully, we did not see any changes, with the kitchen staff and the...

Although it was a night for a brilliant showing of older California Cabernets, the opening salvos included a crisp, seemingly fully mature 1995 Dom Pérignon and still young, beginning to tighten up...