The Most Memorable Meals for 2017
Our travels this year took us through Southern Oregon, Southern Idaho, the Upper Midwest, Wisconsin and then south through Chicago, Kansas City, Texas and points west. When not tasting wine […]
Category Archives: Restaurant Review
Alinea the Best Restaurant in the U. S.?
Grant Achatz’s Alinea, located in a utterly non-descript building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, has been at the top of best restaurant lists for the 12 years it has been […]
Meat, Mead and Mountain Wine in Missoula, Montana
Can wine grapes be grown in Montana? There are some hardy souls who try. Excessive cold, meaning sustained temperatures below –10 degrees, will damage the wood on all vitis vinifera […]
Sonoma Pilgrimage
A quick stop in Sonoma before heading to Southern Oregon was part pilgrimage and part voyage of discovery. The pilgrimage was to the place that launched the food revolution on […]
Small Cafés and Hole-in-the-Wall Restos Best of 2015
The first thing I do when I arrive in a town is seek out the good cheap eats with local flavor. Here’s the ten best I discovered in 2015. 1. […]
The Thai That Blinds: Pok Pok PDX
I’ve got one shot, one night in Portland, and way to many good restaurants from which to choose. A first world problem to be sure but a problem nevertheless—the tyranny […]
Roving Decanter 