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In the interest of full disclosure I will put it right out there: Kantin’s chef Şemsa Denizsel is a close friend and I am writing this post from the comfort of her home. In other words, this won’t exactly be my standard anonymous review. That said, I loved Şemsa’s cooking and bold personality long before (more…)

In my latest restaurant review for the NYT, I visit Orquideas in Vieques, Puerto Rico, a newly revamped restaurant near Esperanza’s Malecón. Read more on the Caribbean island that has become the Parla family annual winter destination here.

On March 17-18, The Real Wine Fair was held in Tobacco Dock in Lodon’s Wapping district. As the name would imply, there were amazing natural wine makers from all over the world (with an especially large presence from Georgia), but visitors to the fair were also treated to a fantastic array of food, beer and (more…)

I admit that this post is beyond lazy but a) I am exhausted, b) I figured out how to make a google map so I am pretty excited about that and c) there are some very lame places to drink in Rome, so the good ones deserve some attention. With this in mind, I submit to you a summary of the best places to drink (more…)

I am an outstanding typer. I have been impressing observers since the early ’90s. It’s a gift. This, however, is where my computing prowess ends. It takes a different kind of thinker to project ideas into complex code. My brain doesn’t work that way. It is neither logical nor systematic. It is, however, critical and (more…)