by Lucy Gordan | Aug 17, 2018 | Food, Food blog
Flynn McGarry, a long-limbed slim strawberry blond with freckles and Elvis Presley-haircut without the grease, was born in Malibu, California, on November 25, 1999. He knew from age ten that he wanted to be a chef. Two years later he launched “Eureka!”, a...
by Lucy Gordan | Jun 15, 2018 | Food, Food blog
Due to all the clamor and ink spilt soon after Pope Francis’ election because of his pre-papacy simple lifestyle and taste in food while Archbishop of Buenos Aires, which he continued to prefer as Pope, I became curious about what the popes before him ate. I was...
by Lucy Gordan | Mar 18, 2018 | Food, Food blog
Since the 1700s for Northern Europeans on the “Grand Tour” all roads have led to Rome. They entered the Eternal City through the Porta del Popolo, a gate in the ancient Aurelian Walls built by Pope Sixtus IV for the Jubilee Year 1475, and took lodgings in and around...
by Connie Pearson | Feb 22, 2018 | Food, Food blog
Andy Marshall, best known for all of the Puckett’s locations in and around Nashville, Tennessee, has scored a restaurant trifecta with the opening of Deacon’s New South at the intersection of 4th Avenue North and Church Street. First, the location is...
by Lucy Gordan | Oct 15, 2017 | Food, Food blog
I’ve always loved to travel, but still dread each departure when it involves an airport. Even before all the necessary security, airports already meant endless lines at check-in and passport control, crowds pushing in all directions, noise, confusion, and above all...
by Nicholas Kontis | Sep 17, 2017 | Food, Food blog
Visitors to the cradle of modern day wine country, the iconic Napa Valley, have discovered solace on the Napa River at the River Terrace Inn. Located on the banks of the Napa River, the cozy property is a member of the stellar, one-of-a-kind group of hotels managed by...
by Connie Pearson | Sep 7, 2017 | Food, Food blog
Allow me to introduce you to Elizabeth Heiskell, better known at the Debutante Farmer in Oxford, Mississippi. I first met her at a “Taste of Oxford” event held in Birmingham, Alabama, and was delighted and intrigued from the moment I heard her Southern...
by Scott Kendall | Aug 7, 2017 | Food, Food blog
To take part in the preparation of traditional Italian dishes with a master of the culinary arts is every cook’s dream. When my wife, a fantastic cook, and I (a so-so cook) had the opportunity to attend a Tuscan cooking class under the tutelage of...
by Lucy Gordan | Jul 18, 2017 | Food, Food blog
I always begin my chef interviews with the question: Our tastes in food are closely connected to our childhood; what are your first memories of food? I completely agree with that. As I think back – we lived in a forest and the nearest store was something like...
by Susanna Gaertner | Jul 17, 2017 | Food, Food blog, Recipes
This six-ingredient dish will joosh up your carrots and is equally delicious hot or cold. Plus, you can use those carrots that have begun to lose their crispness, so this one is an all-around winner! Perfect as a warm side dish, equally delicious as a cold picnic...
by Lucy Gordan | Jun 16, 2017 | Food, Food blog
Amsterdam is known as “Venice of the North” because of its canals and Riga is known as “Paris of the North” because of its post-Communist culinary Renaissance. The pioneer of this Renaissance is Mārtīņš Rītiņš, who through his show on national...
by Lucy Gordan | Jun 12, 2017 | Food, Food blog
Riga, the capital of Latvia, and the surrounding Riga-Gauja Region are the European Capital of Gastronomy for the year 2017. From April 20-23 “Live Riga”, the city’s Tourist Board, invited me and five Finnish journalists for a full-immersion tour of the cultural and...
