ReMARKable Palate #111: The Great Match, Wine and TapasI return to the Great Match 2007, again hosted this year by Wines From Spain. This party celebrates the wines of Spain, and benefits City Harvest. We taste and speak about Verdejo from Rueda, Albarino from Rias Baixas, and...
ReMARKable Palate #108: Unplugged and UncorkedI speak with veteran musician Paul Cullen, formerly bassist for the rock bad Bad Company, about his love of wine, and how he's integrating it into his music with an innovative new concert series, Unplugged and Uncorked. We hear some of his original...
CHIC Podcast #86: Sparkling Summer WineWhen do you serve sparkling wine? I have to say I always put it in the celebratory category. Chef Karyn Hobfoll and our own dining room manager and teacher, Susan Beard came by to set me straight. We opened a bottle of...
ReMARKable Palate Video #13: Michael Franz on ProseccoVideo interview with Michael Franz, editor of Wine Review Online, and an expert on Prosecco, whom we caught up with at the Vino in Villa Prosecco tasting event. He tells us about the value of Prosecco as an everyday wine, and not...
Food Philosophy Videocast #6: Round PondThe products of Round Pond have been some of my favorite finds from the last couple of years. Their artisanal olive oils, red wine vinegars and fruit syrups are made from hand-picked fruits from their own sustainably-farmed estate in the Napa Valley. I ran...
Yes, the time is nigh. Less than 3 days remain until we learn the fate of someone who, for many of us, has been a decade-long companion. I'm speaking, of course, of my dear Harry Potter (or, in the words of my favorite black-haired, sneering professor, "Poh-TAH!"). After summers of...