09 Jul Love by the Glass
Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher are well known for their exquisite taste in wine. Their weekly wine column for The Wall Street Journal, "Tastings," has been an extremely popular feature from its inception in 1998. ...
Book & Cookbook Reviews
13 May The New Glorious American Food
I don't normally enjoy cookbooks. Though some cooks approach them with fervor, like reading a novel, I typically find them too steeped in mediocrity to really capture me....
18 Mar Six Thousand Years of Bread
Rarely has a day gone by when I have not consumed bread in one form or another; but I had no idea what an important role it played in the development of historical record....
12 Feb In the Devil’s Garden
It is not often that one finds humor, sass, and food history rolled into one spectacular package. In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food offers this "wickedly delicious smorgasbord" in a most unique way. ...