I'm back in Barbados for another series of interviews (and now videos) for Menu International, a magazine available in most of the high-end hotels and restaurants on the tropical Caribbean island. In the past, I've written stories about award-winning chefs, Italian aperitivo … [Read more...] about Barbados: Seafood, Surfing and Driving on the Left
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From the Top: Toronto, Miami, Aruba, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sonoma
I guess I should start from the very beginning. I've been on the road (or, more often, in the air) for the last month-and-a-half. From Montreal, I headed to Toronto to celebrate a birthday (not mine, but you can see the gastronomic ramifications from creamy labneh to impeccable … [Read more...] about From the Top: Toronto, Miami, Aruba, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sonoma
“Out of the Freezer and into the Fire”: Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam
Yes, I intentionally mis-quoted the saying. Whereas one usually leaves the frying pan and enters the fire (from a bad situation to a worse one), when one has as poor circulation as I do, the fire is an awfully attractive idea. Kind of like "The Cremation of Sam McGee": "Since I … [Read more...] about “Out of the Freezer and into the Fire”: Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam