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My travel to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail was a little rough. In an effort to get a few extra hours in on my first visit to the city, I had booked myself on a red-eye, foolishly thinking I would be able to sleep, as I had a million times before, on the cross-country flight.
Michael Madigan crosses the street like a New Yorker. As we passed his KitchenCru –…
Ever wish you had a trusted food friend? Someone you can call up at any given point and ask, “What do I do with these fiddlehead ferns?” Portland-based FoodShed, owned by food professional Brenda Crow, is sort of an online version of that friend.
Chef Aaron Barnett’s French-inspired Restaurant St. Jack is what I like to imagine as the connection where Portland and Lyon meet.
An unscheduled stop, the pure act of coincidence harmonizing with our grumbling stomachs and the time-crawling forty-five minute restaurant wait. Digging in to our Kogi findings, the tacos proved to be legendary.
Like many of her peers, Miami chef Paula DaSilva spent much of her formative years…
Born and raised on Maui, chef Isaac Bancaco embarked on a grand adventure to begin his culinary career. Growing up in a family, and a culture, where food and history are so revered, Bancaco made the early decision to pursue a life on the line.
At first sight, Chef Eric Faivre was nearly intimidating as he walked toward me during…
The story of self-proclaimed wine geek Scott Wright sounds much like the tales of his peers before him who have dabbled in the world of terroir. On a different path, he began his professional life elsewhere, making his way up the corporate ladder until the pull of vineyards and grapes just became too strong.
When my friend, food and drink man Brett Feore, shared the details of his latest…
Growing at mind-boggling rates, mobile vendors have sprung up in cities across America, leaving city and state lawmakers scratching their heads and scrambling to enact new regulations, while traditional restaurateurs are left baffled at how to manage the customer ebb and flow due to this increasingly popular sector of the culinary world.