Wine. Travel. Food.
It’s a STAMPEDE! The cattle are running…..running straight for Rochester, Minnesota……. Because PITTSBURGH BLUE STEAKHOUSE is opening in Rochester on Monday, April 8th right in the heart of downtown, in the brand new and absolutely stunning HILTON ROCHESTER MAYO CLINIC AREA, the city’s first truly five-star property. So Rochestonians, get ready for STEAK – aged […]
A few years back, Joanne and I were fortunate enough to spend a little time on the French Riviera, primarily in Nice, and one of our most pleasant culinary discoveries there was the PIZZA. On the one hand, this was no surprise – the French have embraced pizza as wholeheartedly as we have, perhaps even […]
In early January I read that the 100-year-old Lord & Taylor flagship store on 5th Avenue closed. In the same piece it was announced that Henri Bendel, the store that first featured Coco Channel in America, had folded its tent as well. Did they, like so many other brick and mortar businesses, fall victim to […]
The PARADE SEASON has just ended. With MARDI GRAS now in my rearview mirror, I got to thinking about Joanne’s and my culinary adventures to New Orleans and the surrounding areas on up through Baton Rouge. The Mardi Gras season officially begins on the 12th day of Christmas– the Epiphany – and ramps up with […]
BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE… And that reminds me… As a 10-year-old growing up in the winter, in Kewanee, Illinois, I can recall when television was coming on the scene and SWANSON TV DINNERS were being introduced at the A&P grocery store a couple blocks away. Despite my mom, Aunt Rose and my grandmother all being […]
You don’t generally think of something creative and sophisticated, let alone tasty, originating in Russia. And yet… The former Soviet Union is home to a highly-regarded Japanese restaurant chain called TANUKI that now has 60 or more outlets. And as you check out the images below….you can detect a not surprising heavy hand in the […]
A couple weeks ago, on January 10th, I wrote a post (Good Morning, London) on the Brits’ mastery of breakfast. And as I wrote it, I got to thinking about other memorable breakfasts I’ve had – over the years, and very recently. First, of course, is New York, where three spots stand out….. SARABETH’S, which […]
The area in Paris known as LES HALLES traces its beginnings as a marketplace as far back as the 12th century, when King Louis 8th took control of the neighborhood. Initially dry goods were sold here, but food stalls were added over the years, and by the end of the 16th century LES HALLES was […]
One of the many pleasures that Joanne and I share when visiting major capitals is to seek out the local marketplaces. Some are refined, some are gritty. And a few are really gritty. Among the refined – no surprise here – are the food markets in Stockholm and Munich. In the heart of downtown Stockholm […]
About a year ago I posted a blog titled “Start Your Day Right”, about some of Joanne’s and my favorite breakfast spots. But on a recent trip to London, it occurred to me that nobody – and I mean NOBODY – does breakfast better than the English. The tradition of hearty morning meals dates back […]
