#wine

Last night we drank a bottle of 2017 Bermejo Listán Negro Rosado from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.  I can only describe this as a Rosé that drinks like a Red.  Such wonderful complexity, nuance and balance - with a unique minerality from the volcanic soil.  The environment there means that di...

You can keep the necessities; it's the luxuries I cannot live without!  Planning for our August Champagne & Caviar event, I was on the phone yesterday with the producer of the Osetra caviar.  They offered me a wholesale account, which I accepted immediately.  1,000 grams (about 34 oz.) of Cla...

We had a lovely event on Sunday, the theme being Global Flavors.  The chef learned her craft by working in kitchens and reading cookbooks - no formal culinary training whatsoever.  She supports my theory that apprenticeships hold much more value than "formal" education in many fields.  Learning b...

For my birthday, I took a stroll past where almost 35 years of my life was spent.  Some may recognize it, and more photos will come in the future, but the chandelier in the "family" dining room (there was a larger one for social occasions) was quite familiar to me.  I'm not one to linger…

Kasey Musgraves 3:01 pm I shouldn’t have sat down. I know better. A body in motion stays in motion. I have a ton of straightening up to do in the kitchen area (and the bloody table that collects everything brought into the house), but I said “I need coffee” and here I am. I annoy myself. Alpenhor...