'Fine Dining'

PROVIDENCE. R.I.: “Oyster growers are fiercely fiercely competitive and every grower is convinced their oyster is the best,” says Bob Rheault, President of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association.
To settle the issue of which East Coast oyster tastes best, the ECSGA and the National Shellfisheries Association asked growers to submit their finest to the First [more...]

In December 2007, Forbes magazine did an article about the world’s 10 most unusual restaurants.
The article includes a restaurant in Florida that serves roadkill; a restaurant in India where the servers are volunteers and you can pay what you want to pay from $1 to $100; a restaurant without lights managed by vision-impaired people so essentially [more...]

Since I am part of the Tucson food media, I get invited to experience new restaurants occasionally.
Here’s the skinny on Bistro Phillipe which is under the direction of Phillipe Trosch who has cooked around Tucson as well as the world. Before starting Bistro Phillipe he was at the helm of the Five Diamond Loews Ventana Resort.
I [more...]

Almost every time I go to Florida, I crave Cuban foods. I remember the first time we ate at Columbia in Tampa’s Yborg City. We sat outside and I don’t recall what we ate but it was marvelous. I do remember we washed it down with cafe con leche (Cuban coffee).
It seems that Columbia is [more...]

Your friends and family have many things to be thankful for this holiday season. Perhaps, your wine pairing suggestions aren’t one of them. Whether you’re cooking up a classic turkey, or novelties like a turducken (a turkey stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken), choosing wine for your holiday dinner should be as easy [more...]