Presented creative ideas globally as international ad exec, performed standup in NY's top comedy clubs and earned a professional degree from the Institute of Culinary Education. bit.ly/MakingFoodFun
A Lot to Love About Coastal Oregon
Getting there
Fly into Portland, one of America’s most food-obsessed restaurant meccas. The 120-mile car ride from PDX to the Salishan Resort will take a couple of hours, and there’s no better way to break that up than by stopping at a few wineries on the way in the fertile, alluvial Willamette Valley. Argue amongst yourselves if you insist, but you’re not going to find superior pinot noir anywhere else on the planet. Among the 500 plus vineyards in Oregon Wine Country you might consider stop...
What I Learned About the Wines of Umbria
Umbria sits just to the southeast of Tuscany, yet they share more than a common border. Both are known for their verdant, rolling hills, which are ideal for planting vines. They have a similar climate of cold, rainy winters followed by dry summers with abundant sunshine. And Sangiovese is the principal grape variety in both. So why has Umbria been overshadowed by its more glitzy neighbor?
For one, Tuscany had a long head start. In addition to their extremely high quality soils, there are hist...
10 Ways To Go Big in Dubai, the Modern 'Metroasis'
Dubai is different. Built atop the desert, yet situated on the sea of the Arabian Gulf, it is at once extremely old and entirely new. Clean, safe, and ultra-affluent, this multicultural melting pot is still very much on the rise. Literally.
Robert Rosenthal: Why the Aspen Classic is Actually Classic
Robert Rosenthal: Why the Aspen Classic is Actually...
Bermuda Bounces Back
A good indication of how much one enjoyed a vacation comes when it’s time to depart. There are occasions when you feel ready to head back home, and others when you’re not. I could have stayed another couple of days in Bermuda.
Shopping Guide Short Order Dad Reveals His Costco Obsessions
Shopping Guide Short Order Dad Reveals His Costco O...
'Weed' And 21 Other Definitions That Don't ...
To my father, Spam was canned ham. To my daughter, it's naughty, annoying email. Here are 21 more expressions which mean something totally different to him than to her.
In Praise of Pepín: France's Second Greatest Gift to America | Robert ...
In Praise of Pepín: France's Second Greatest Gift t...
Don't Turn Drinking Into a Responsibility
Then there's moral responsibility, civic responsibility, fiduciary responsibility. Don't you just want to say "screw responsibility" some times? Those times were made for drinking.
You Can’t Spell Fatherhood Without ‘F-O-O-D’
For the first time in history, Americans spent more money going out to eat and drink last year than on groceries. We are obsessed with food, from watching endless cooking competitions on television to Instagramming every dish we eat. We’re just not that into making it. We spend less time cooking than any other industrialized nation on earth. This unfortunate reality has been aptly described as “the slow death of the home cooked meal.”
More women are working, and consequently, cooking less. Ac...
Delicious Moments in Cabo
If the name "Cabo" conjures up images of consuming cerveza on spring break at joints with names like El Squid Roe, it's time to re-boot. Cabo is cool. Or more accurately, it's h...