“I don’t know Who — or What — put the question. I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone — or Something — and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.” — Dag Hammarskjold, Markings
Happy new year, my friends!
Dreamy nori crab spaghettini at Ayala
From a heartwarming visit in Oklahoma (and to the nationally acclaimed new Nonesuch) for Christmas with my family, I am now in my beloved New Orleans for the New Year with lifelong friends… and always more food & drink research.
Here’s to greater hope, flourishing, provision and change in 2019. Thanks (always) for reading and sharing in the ongoing joy and life-expanding adventure of taste and communing around the table with people we love.
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This issue:
Besharam chaat, one of my top openings of 2018
Best Of — Top 12 New Restaurants of 2018: My Time Out feature on this year’s best newcomers worth visiting in 2019.
The Latest — Seafood with Cocktails: Union Square’s notable new raw bar, seafood restaurant and drink destination, Ayala, inside the new Hotel G.
Top Tastes — 5 San Francisco Restaurants to Revisit Now: New menus, new chefs, new concepts at 5 special places worth returning to.
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As your personal concierge who tells it like a good friend would, I create personalized itineraries; provide food and drink consulting for restaurants and bars; and classes at companies for the layperson wanting to dig deeper in food and drink (more info here).
Virginia
Article Links:
Table8 National Editor/VP — ZAGAT SF Editor — SF Bay Guardian Critic
Liquor.com — Time Out Dining & Drink — Distiller Magazine — Food Republic — Where Magazine — Gin Magazine — Wine Access — Books Pur in Spirit & Distilled Stories
Alaska Airlines Magazine, Whisky Magazine UK, Thrillist, The Times London, Liquor.com Drinkwire, Paste Magazine Travel, Eater, Tasting Panel, PureWow, Drink Me Magazine, Spoonwiz, Citysearch, NBC’s The Feast, Blackboard Eats, Tasting Table, Grubstreet
