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I once spent a cold, rainy night at a fancy British inn where I was attended by a brilliant Irish butler named Morris, whose wry […]

If you haven’t made dinner plans for Valentine’s Day yet, take my advice: Don’t. Few days on the calendar stress out restaurateurs and diners more […]

Ask me what’s a good meal. Go ahead. My answer: any meal with wine. What’s a great meal? One that pairs a different wine with […]

Though my first job out of college was supposed to be writing this column (well, at least according to my parents), I instead took a […]

During the final winter of my unmarried youth (a.k.a. just before I got engaged), I took a trip to France with my buddy Jeff that […]

A highly capricious poll I conducted recently on the meaning of Oktoberfest yielded the following answers from contemporaries: a “theme” party with people dressed like […]

Remember Zima? Of course you do. Way back in 1993, when your stock portfolio was, like, double its current value, nothing was more satisfying after […]

I’ve been called many things in my lifetime (especially by my wife), but “prescient” isn’t one of them. However, I think I’ve spotted a trend […]

If the gourmand James Beard, the uncontested champion of cream and butter, were still alive and chomping, I have no doubt that he would try […]

The last thing I expected to discover at the Nantucket Wine Festival was a great vodka. But there it was. After a bumpy ride on […]