You’ve previewed the book online, you’ve read excerpts, too. Now it’s time to buy a copy of your […]
The NYT ran a nice profile of Jim Haynes, who died last week at the age of 87, […]
The venerable New York Times, trying to expand its world-view, has discovered hot dogs. Specifically, the Oscar Mayer […]
For all of Seattle’s love affair with the water, you have to wonder: why are there so few […]
It was 82 years ago this week, July of 1938, that delegates from 32 countries met at the […]
Rose Ann Finkel, an ebullient, indefatigable patron of good food and drink, and longtime CEO of the Pike […]
It is tempting to say that for every Adolf Eichmann there was a Hans Calmeyer, but that sentiment, […]
Written and posted on Facebook, not here. Please excuse the oversight. Also incorrect: a statement in the FB […]
In 1972, the best-known chef in America was Julia Child (who had displaced Chef Boyardee), and the American […]
I grew up as the son of a family physician in Hyde Park, a lower class, Irish-Italian […]
Michael Broadbent, a world-famous wine connoisseur who founded the fine wine department at Christie’s auction house in 1966 […]
