In my latest Time Out column, my top openings of the month join other standout newcomers for a top 15 on where to eat now (article here). Merchant Roots’ Fire course in the Elements dinner: a delicious dry-aged ribeye, sunchoke coals, red wine reduction, horseradish cream and leek ash And in recent years, more and more people are having these days.… Read more →
In my latest feature at Montecristo Magazine (my last article on New Orleans here), I talk about my visit last month to the great Noma in Copenhagen: review here. My review of the “new Noma” (an entire complex now ) occurs the very week they launched their first vegetarian-only menu, the second in their new three-season line-up. Noma 2.0 Read more →
With more 3 Michelin-starred restaurants than New York City (a city with 10 times the population and nearly 7 times the size), San Francisco has been a giant and a pioneer in food and drink for decades, excelling in every sub-category beyond cities many times their size and jumpstarting farm-to-table, wine, craft beer and spirits movements literally decades ago. The… Read more →
Published on February 6, 2018, at WineAccess, my restaurant review — and exciting tastings of aged Portuguese white wines — in Lisbon, Portugal, at two Michelin-starred Belcanto. There’s also a nod to (and insider recommendation for) San Jose Portuguese great, the Michelin-starred Adega: https://discover.wineaccess.com/belcanto Read more →
Published on January 11, 2018, at WineAccess, my restaurant review — with a drink pairing perspective included — of the most talked about restaurant in America in 2017, Los Angeles’ ambitious Vespertine: https://discover.wineaccess.com/vespertine-the-most-talked-about-restaurant-in-america-right-now Read more →
In my latest Time Out column, here are my top five dishes of the month — article here: Beef fat waffles at Nightbird Arctic char in persimmon curry at DOSA on Fillmore Roasted carrots at The Brass Rabbit, Healdsburg Hot dog at Charmaine’s at the Proper Hotel Smoked brisket tots at The Den at Wes Burger ‘N’More If your health already… Read more →
In my latest Time Out column, here are my top three new openings of the month — article here: Read more →
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. These four San Francisco restaurants, widely varying in style and price range, have been open for awhile — and are worth a fresh look (or revisit) as their chefs continue to innovate and serve damn great dishes. Innovative Indian Cuisine: TAJ CAMPTON PLACE, Union Square Moving up… Read more →
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. The 9 key restaurant and bar openings of June are Louie’s Gen-Gen Room, Tawla, Dum, In Situ, Two Birds/One Stone in St. Helena, P.C.H. (Pacific Cocktail Haven), Tratto, Duke’s Spirited Cocktails in Healdsburg and Agave Uptown in Oakland. Corridor, which opened at the end of the month,… Read more →
Last year, the unforgettable S.Pellegrino Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle entailed some of the best chefs in the world switching places/restaurants around the globe for one night only, with my dinner at Coi cooked by none other than the chef of Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain. On July 11, they did something different but similarly exciting. Last night’s Gelinaz! Walk With Us… Read more →