As I see it, there are three reasons to get into wine and they are: keeping face, looking suave, and sounding intelligent. If you are at a business dinner and your boss asks “What kind of wine do you think will go best with this fish?” You better pick something white. If you are invited [...]
Toast 5800 Nave Drive, unit G Novato, Ca 94949 415 382 1144 www.toastnovato.com Breakfast/lunch/dinner, extensive beer and wine selections, espresso bar. My recent meal out to a new restaurant named “Toast” left me feeling very satisfied and looking forward to returning. Waiting for the place to open we were already intrigued by it’s name and [...]
The binge began at our annual big Christmas Eve party. The house was decked out. Each room had a Christmas tree, our two fireplace mantels were covered w/ garlands and flowers, lights and candles, a welcoming wreath hung on our front door and the outside was covered with little white twinkle lights welcoming everyone. As [...]
Enoteca San Marco 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South (702) 677 3390 My family and I spent the week of Nov. 19th in Las Vegas. It was my husbands birthday and we thought this would be the spot to have some fun, see a show or two, get some sun and of course win or lose [...]
Multi-tasking is the bane of modern existence, fracturing the awareness that meaningful, productive experiences require. Yet I feel pressured to lie at job interviews and say that I madly adore multi-tasking. Yes, Mr. Interviewer, multi-tasking is a rush that makes me feel ALIVE ALIVE ALIVE. Drooling, he gives me the job. Then I secretly indulge [...]
I decided long ago that I didn’t particularly care for summer in the Northeastern US, which happens to be where I live. Summers here are too hot and muggy and buggy. When I was younger, I used to wish I could snap my fingers and have the weather go straight from spring-like to autumnal. But [...]
Yes, it’s a silly joke. The title reference here is not to the famed collie Lassie, but to Lassi, a traditional chilled drink that originated in southern Asia centuries ago, if not longer. Anyone who grew up in an area with a significant Indian population will recognize the word instantly. Lassi (pronounced luh-see) is a [...]
After my husband and the crew finished their ‘shoot’ in Beaune, we packed and headed for Lyon where the next piece for the Food Network was to be on one of the world’s most famous chefs… Paul Bocuse, the father of nouvelle cuisine. He’s so famous, in fact, that his cooking earned him France’s highest [...]
Summer is here and many Americans will be traveling in Europe on vacation. Beaune, the last walled-in city in France is truly out of an Alexander Dumas novel with worn cobble-stone streets and courtyards. Definitely worth a sleepover. My husband and I had the opportunity to be there not long ago when he produced some [...]
The 54th Summer Fancy Food Show recently took place at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. Despite the current recession (yes, I’m using the “r” word, President Bush!), there seemed to be no lack of exhibitors or attendees, and the Show (reserved for those in the food trade only) saw its usual mix [...]
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