Apr 30, 2021Dollars and ScentsShortcuts Through The Wine Maze — Of all the undying clichés about wine, perhaps the one I hear most often is, “There’s no correlation between price and quality.” So begins this week’s NY Times Wine School article from wine writer Eric Asimov. Over the course of his career, Asimov has done a fine job promoting wine…Wine11 min readWine11 min read
Apr 19, 2021Terroir As ContextINTRODUCING TERROIR Terroir is context. Context is everything. Everything is connected. I’ve arrived at this mantra after years of exploring the world through my sense of taste. A quick online search will reveal the contentious nature of this term. Some of the resulting headlines: Terroir, What Is It And Why…Wine18 min readWine18 min read
Jan 28, 2021Uncle Tony’s RevengeThe Kitchen Confidential Generation Confronts The Restaurant Apocalypse Prologue Come midnight tonight you’ll find me in my kitchen. The counters will be stained with chicken blood. Tall, alabaster candles will adorn every surface, reaching for the ceiling like skeletal fingers. I’ll be sitting cross legged on the floor, burning bundles…Anthony Bourdain57 min readAnthony Bourdain57 min read
Jan 28, 2021A Few Brief Words On HospitalityExcerpt from Uncle Tony’s Revenge What is hospitality? Answering that question proves to be so much more challenging than one would think. I recently revisited The Duchess Who Wouldn’t Sit Down: An Informal History Of Hospitality by Jesse Browner. It’s an excellent book on the subject and stretches close to…Restaurant4 min readRestaurant4 min read
