Braised boneless spare ribs: simple and spectacular
Braised Boneless Spare Ribs I’ve been looking for the chance to try a recipe in Jean-Georges Vongerichten‘s fascinating cookbook Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of...
View ArticleDairy Free Advent Dinner: Our Best Family Dinner Yet
Dairy Free Advent Dinner Our dairy free Advent dinner this past Saturday evening may have been our best family dinner yet this holiday season! After the triumph of our Thanksgiving dinner, and the fun...
View Article310 Park South & Morse Museum: With Friends in Winter Park, FL
310 Park South Our second day in Orlando found us traveling to Winter Park, a small city just north of Orlando, to meet friends for a day of good eating and culture. We started out the day enjoying...
View ArticleKennedy Space Center, Amura Sushi: 3 days in Orlando
Kennedy Space Center What an enjoyable time I had in Orlando two weeks ago! I’ve already told you about Tuesday of that week, when Therese and I met my friend Bob and his lovely wife Michelle for...
View ArticleFamily Tapas Dinner
Family Tapas Dinner Last Saturday, Therese and I had everyone over for a fun Family Tapas Dinner. In this case, everyone meant Therese’s brother Sam and his wife Cyndi and their two children Hope and...
View ArticleLederhosen Restaurant: Our Foray-cation Ends in the West Village
Lederhosen Restaurant I never expected that we would have dinner at Lederhosen Restaurant last Sunday. Our plan for the day was pretty simple: a foray-cation to the East Village/Greenwich Village. We...
View ArticleMartel, Basilique St. Remy & Brasserie L’Edito: Day in Reims, Part 1
Martel Our first foray beyond Paris on our recent France trip was to Reims, the center of the Champagne region and thus the home to many Champagne wine caves and much history as well. We had finished...
View ArticleG.H. Mumm & Notre Dame Cathedral: Our Day in Reims, Part Two
G.H. Mumm Two Champagne cave tours in one day? Who had ever conceived of such a thing? Well, we had, and after immensely enjoying our first tour at Martel, Therese and I picked up a sandwich at...
View ArticleHotel de Sens, Café des Musees: Last Day in France, Part Two
Hotel de Sens On our first day in France, we explored Paris’s Marais District, starting just beyond its eastern border at the Place de la Bastille and heading westward. On this last day, I thought we...
View ArticleCherry Restaurant: Japanese-French Cuisine in Chelsea
Cherry Restaurant I found myself wondering recently what Chris Johnson the Sake Ninja is doing these days. Therese and I had met him at the Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting last October, where...
View ArticlePrague St Nicholas Church and Charles Bridge
Prague St Nicholas Church On our 7th day in Prague, we changed our cadence a little bit. Instead of doing sightseeing, lunch, more sightseeing and then break, we put the break right after lunch. That...
View ArticleVinograf Wine Bar Prague
Vinograf Wine Bar Prague On our last full day in Prague, we stopped in for lunch at Vinograf Wine Bar Prague. There are actually 2 locations for this establishment I believe – we visited the smaller...
View ArticleBormuth, Vermouth and Tapas Bar in Barcelona’s El Born Barrio
Bormuth, Vermouth and Tapas Bar in Barcelona’s El Born Barrio Before I traveled to Barcelona, Vermouth was not on my radar. Before Therese and I traveled to Barcelona and went on a food tour in the...
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