Good things come to those who wait. That’s the lesson of Carmenere. By now, nearly every oenophile worth his/her nose knows that Carmenere is the Chilean wine industry’s signature grape. The most indigo of all grapes, Carmenere disappeared from European … Read More
Perhaps on an afternoon when you’ve found yourself at the Basel Zoo, you might wander past a converted waterworks, only to realize that this former pumping station is now an Italian osteria with garden. Local nighthawks could’ve told you that … Read More
The French word for “studio,” Atelier connotes art and the spaces in which it is created – and is, therefore, entirely apt as the name of the new restaurant in Der Teufelhof Basel. More than twenty years ago, in 1989, … Read More
Having recently returned from South America where we macerated a mouthful of coca leaves long enough to get a stomachache – and no more stimulation than a flat Pepsi, we were, admittedly a little skeptical about sampling Agwa de Bolivia Coca … Read More
Many people believe that Malabar is the best restaurant in Lima – and we wouldn’t argue, not at all. The room itself is simple, with a bar-lounge at the restaurant’s front, and artwork on the walls – but you’re not … Read More
Back in the Eighties, a little known Austrian-American chef opened a restaurant on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, serving a concept called “California cuisine,” which, at the time, seemed an oxymoron to many food snobs. Yet, Wolfgang Puck was … Read More
For twenty-six years, Chef Georges Perrier has been Philadelphia’s premier five-star chef. A native of Lyons, Chef Perrier opened Le Bec Fin in 1970 as a small, thirty-five seat restaurant on Spruce Street. By 1983, Le Bec Fin was so … Read More
Given his widely-accepted status as the originator of Nuevo Latino cuisine, James Beard Award-winning Chef Douglas Rodriguez was almost certain to make an appearance in the American Southwest – and Rodriguez’s imprint at deseo (Spanish for “desire”) beautifully epitomizes his … Read More
