Breakfast of Champions
I have a confession to make, I live to eat, not eat to live. My Protestant Father tried his best to teach me food should strictly be taken for nourishment,…
Read moreVolcano’s Away!
The state of Hawaii boasts over 26,000 vacation rentals by owner. Assuming you are new to the islands, that is a daunting number to wade through. The Hawaiian Island chain…
Read moreI’ve Been Spammed!
It has been my good fortune to travel many far reaching destinations over my sixty years. The National Park system was the go-to summer jaunt in the ’59 Caddie, without…
Read moreCafe Firenze
Being a travel and food writer might lead one to believe I am a devotee of Food Network, Masterchef, America’s Test Kitchen, Iron Chef, Hell’s Kitchen or one of the…
Read moreThis Little Piggy
The farm to table concept of food production and restaurant life- style was chronicled by liberal foodie Michael Pollan in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, first published in 2006. I read this…
Read moreDiner’s Delightful
Diners and Cafe’s are integral to the lives of Texans and since I spent time in that bastion of heat, cowboys and football, I love a great place to eat…
Read moreKnights of the Vine Progressive Dinner
Under cloudless blue skies, 70 degree Carmel weather (shhh! don’t tell!) and a backdrop of towering pine trees, Troubadours of the Knights of the Vine, progressed through the fabled streets…
Read morePost Ranch, Big Sur
Minions have written about Mickey Muennig’s visionary architectural Big Sur retreat Post Ranch. Lunch at the famed resort with Chef John Cox late last Spring was an event worthy of sharing. …
Read moreCool enough for Chicago’s Aviary?
“You and Dad are simply not COOL enough to go to this place, Mom.” Well, since I have lived my life by the hair of a good challenge, we were…
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