Writing for Anthony Dias Blue’s The Tasting Panel magazine not only means I get invited to their regular tastings–it also means I have the pleasure of meeting winemakers from around the world, and even visiting their wineries. Here are some of my recent reports:

And yet, more! on the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas…

Just a fun article I got to write (and produce the photo shoot) for The Tasting Panel, collecting four of the up and coming somms in Vegas, plus two of the hottest mixologists. Definitely a difficult choice among the many talents in town…

While street foods of other countries seem to be treated with an outsized reverence these days, it struck me recently that the rather strong regional traditions of street food in the US seem to get mostly a sort of semi-sarcastic kitsch appreciation.
I’m not about to get on a bandwagon about it, but a recent trip [...]