June 1, 2019

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—6 Secret Peninsula Culinary Gems: Heading down South Bay/Silicon Valley way to under-the-radar gems in Turkish-Antolian, Georgian, South Indian, Oaxacan, Japanese and Modern Korean food.
— My Memphis Food & Drink Guide: My Touringbird guide tips on where to eat and drink in Memphis.
— 8 Cocktail Bars Worth Going Out For: My WhereTraveler feature on 8 standout cocktail bars, from a new tequila/mezcal Tiki pop-up to an Italian aperitivo/spritz bar.
— Forage & Ferment on the Mendocino Coast: Foraging our own seaweed, seafood and herbs with Little River Inn.

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My Memphis Food & Drink Guide

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I helped write a number of guides for Google Area 120’s new Touringbird guides with insider tips on cities around the world (more on Touringbird here). Of course, my tips are heavy on dining, food, bars, drink. Here is my guide to Memphis and top food, BBQ and coffee recommends at City & State coffee, my “secret” Memphis barbecue dish you don’t know about at… Read more →

8 Cocktail Bars Worth Going Out For

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Published by Where Traveler (my other Where articles here) in May 2019, my article on 8 cocktail bars worth heading out for and what to drink — and eat — on their menus now: Tropical Thunder at Don Pisto’s Marina, Rich Table, Cockscomb, Gibson, The Cordial, Palio, Cold Drinks at China Live, Rasa in Burlingame. Article here: www.wheretraveler.com/san-francisco/eat/8-cocktail-bars-worth-going-out Read more →

Mendocino Coast Ferment & Forage with Little River Inn

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It’s always a pleasure to return to the breathtaking, restorative Mendocino Coast and Little River Inn (my past Mendo love/articles here) amid ocean cliffs & redwood forests. I just returned to Little River Inn, May 10-12, for their Forage & Ferment Experience, a weekend of cooking demos, coastal and forest foraging, picnic lunches and eating Mendo’s spectacular seaweed, urchin, scallops,… Read more →

May 15, 2019

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This issue:
—10 Affordable New Neighborhood Restaurants: 7 notable new “cheap eats” in SF + 3 more newcomers in Oakland and Marin.
— My Top 10 Copenhagen Bars: My latest Gin Magazine feature covers the world’s first fully aquavit bar and 9 other Denmark greats.
— My Top Bar & Bartender in LA: My first in a monthly bar/bartender/cocktail series at NEFT Vodka.
— Lexus Culinary Classic at Cavallo Point: Edible, visual and car highlights from a fantastic weekend.

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10 Affordable New Neighborhood Restaurants

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Published by Where Traveler (my other Where articles here) in May 2019, my article on 10 affordable, standout new neighborhood restaurants around the Bay Area, from SF to Oakland to Marin: Beit Rima, The Brixton on 2nd, Sasa at Japantown Mall, Alley House, Benchmark Oakland, Ungrafted, B&B: Bahn Mi & Boba, Le Trio, Tony’s Seafood in Marshall, Sam’s Anchor Cafe in Tiburon. Article… Read more →

Gin Magazine — Copenhagen’s Top 10 Bars

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My latest print feature in Gin Magazine (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine, which I have also written for here) is on 10 top Copenhagen bars that do right by gin (below): Lidkoeb, Balderdash, Curfew, Duck & Cover, The Barking Dog, Paloma Vermut, Rastlos Akvavit Bar, Bronnum, Strom, Ruby. Past issues of Gin Magazine:— My San Francisco bars article here— My Berlin bars article here— My Tokyo… Read more →

My Top Bar & Bartender in LA: Redbird & Tobin Shea

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Enter my NEFT Vodka column, which spotlights California’s best bartenders and bars — including a special cocktail recipe from each bartender featuring this Austrian alpine-distilled vodka. My first column is on my # 1 bar in all of Los Angeles because of the consummate palate of bartender Tobin Shea, a cocktail master who has long perfected cocktails often using obscure spirits… Read more →

May 1, 2019

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This Issue:
—My Bogota Food Guide: Starting with Bogota, I helped write about multiple international cities for Google Area 120’s new Touringbird guides with insider tips on cities around the world.
— 9 Whisk(e)y Cocktails to Drink on National Menus Now: Louisville to San Francisco, Baltimore to Oklahoma City, the restaurants and bars are doing whisk(e)y right.

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