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This is one of my favorite restaurants on the West Coast. Chef Laurent Gras fashioned a spectacular meal with one creative and tasty dish after another. My favorites included the...

A luncheon double header, we began with a quick bite at Kinkead's, whose fried Ipswich clams are as good as fried clams can be. I hadn't had them for several years,...

For years, the ultimate destination for Chicago dining has been Charlie Trotter's, renowned for its world-class cooking. However, 5-6 years ago, Tru opened under the auspices of Chef Rick Tramonto...

The Oregon Grille, by far the finest restaurant in the Baltimore suburbs, is basically a steak and lobster house. While Chef Mark Henry is capable of preparing more creative dishes,...

One of the truly superb restaurants in the United States, if not the world, is Veritas, a mini-treasure located just west of Union Square on 20th Street in New York...

While it may have been eclipsed by their newest release, the 1996, the 1990 Dom Pérignon, is a beautiful Champagne with more force and flavor than usual. Honeyed brioche notes...

A dinner with some dear friends provided an occasion to taste some favorite wines from my cellar. The 1985 Salon Champagne, a 100% non-malolactic Chardonnay, was still remarkably fresh and lively even...

Two things were magical about this meal. One was the extraordinary magnum of 1980 DRC La Tâche (I owned a case of this wine at one time and drink every bottle with...

We began the evening with two brilliant Champagnes. The crystal clean 1996 Dom Pérignonexhibited loads of citrus and laser-like precision as well as tremendous intensity and palate saturation. This brilliant, zesty...