While the best wine and food might still appear on my table over the next couple of weeks, 2011 is quickly shutting down like newly bottled Bordeaux and I catch myself reminiscing over the year that was in wine and food. These musings must not be mistaken for a quintessential nor ultimate reminiscence of global […]
Kitchen A Trattoria BYOB and 2009 Domaine la Garrigue
Eventually you find Kitchen A Trattoria discretely tucked away off a main street in St. James, Long Island. Worth the momentary measure of driving confusion, the restaurant delivers a top BYOB opportunity to pair Long Island’s most impeccably crafted, mouth watering, rustic Italian fare with your cellar’s treasures. Hundreds of miles from my own wine cellar, […]
Uncovering Boston BYOB and Wine Berserkers
Late edit and FYI: Disappointingly, Mark Squires unfriended me on Facebook minutes after publishing this post here and sharing the link on Facebook. To Mark Squires: Sorry if you were offended by anything I have mentioned here, it was not my intention. Please refriend me on Facebook, I enjoy the information you share there. Open […]
Perennially Crystal Quail
Regulars know it’s not possible to completely describe the transcendental experience of a Crystal Quail evening. After the ritual pilgramage through the back-est of Center Barnstead, New Hampshire country roads and arriving in the middle of nowhere to find a small 18th century farmhouse glowing in the setting sun just twenty yards uphill of the rear over sized garden whose bounty is being prepped at […]