Lost Cities

• August 2012

  Well if THAT's not the most boring topic I have started... but after a summer of excess (or actually, a couple of years) I've got to buckle down and get in shape. I've decided to follow a low-carb diet called "Paleo" or "caveman diet". Basically it's all about cooking from scratch with veggies, nuts, meat and very limited dairy and fruit. No gra... Read More

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• August 2011

  I'll be in Italy in a little over a week, and i'm just starting to plan logistics for the few days i'll have over there.  I will be on a cruise, so the ports are Naples, Florence/Pisa, and Rome.  Would be most interested in seeing Tuscany here on my first trip to Italy, but i'm also concerned that from Florence/Pisa, I could be spending up to ar... Read More

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• June 2010

  A bunch of people are gathering in San Francisco for a conference this week, and I was wondering what any of you think are the best food and wine experiences in the City right now. Am interested in bars, cafes, proper restaurants, what have you, and locations as far as southern Marin, the East Bay and Palo Alto or other spots on the southern pen... Read More

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• May 2010

  I've just returned from the International Malbec Days in Cahors, a festival meant to elevate the profile of "original" Malbec, and offer insight into the relationship between old world and new world expressions of the varietal.I'll be writing more about both the trip and the region, but for now, I wanted to offer highlights. I had limited exposu... Read More

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• December 2008

  So I got my copy of Harrington's (out-of-print) "Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670880221 ) today, and I figured I should try one of its featured (ie, pictured, rather than just having the recipe) drinks. I'd also been considering playing around with rum (a spirit with which I'm not very famil... Read More

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• August 2008

  I was at Apothecary in Philadelphia this weekend (great place by the way -- highly recommended for the atmosphere and the cocktails) and I asked the bartender to make me a drink without citrus (I had had a few citrus cocktails already). He mixed up the Réveillon for me. Here's his recipe:2 oz. Laird's 7 1/2 year Applejack1/2 oz. Poire Williams (... Read More

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