Want to learn more about Spanish food and wine? Here's a primer that will take you to regions like Rioja, Rueda and Ribera del Duero, along with key terms.
Boston Master Sommelier Brahm Callahan shares his idea for a perfect spring pairing—charred peppers and a white from Spain's Rueda region. Check it out.
When it comes to burgers, there’s the tried-and-true basic backyard version, and then there's capital-B Burgers — you know, the big, gooey, beefy ones that chefs become known for and Instagrammers swoon over. While there’s nothing wrong with the former simple burger-cheese-bun version, the latter requires more thought when it comes to choosing what to drink with…
Update: Myron Mixon is no longer affiliated with Pride and Joy BBQ, according to various reports. The midday sunlight cascades through the windows of a landmark Lower East Side building in Manhattan, streaming over Myron Mixon's broad shoulders as he speaks in his distinct southern Georgia accent. We're sitting in a room that used to…
Josh Capon, a 1994 culinary school graduate, worked under culinary heavies Charlie Palmer, David Burke and Gray Kuntz. Josh Capon spent over a year traveling through Europe, working at Michelin-starred restaurants in Italy, France, Spain and Germany. Josh Capon, in a genius move that only Josh Capon can fully explain, teamed with his current business…
It's a beautiful morning in Manhattan, and Michael Lomonaco is sitting at one of the best tables in his restaurant Porter House, looking out on a sun-splashed Columbus Circle and Central Park. As ever, the chef and restaurateur is ebullient, easygoing. He's having a chat about what he loves doing most: serving people great food.…
“It’s like I am a newborn baby and have never worked in a kitchen in my entire life,” says David Kinch, Negroni in hand, as we share a booth in the ancient backroom at Keen’s Steakhouse in Midtown Manhattan. We’re talking about how's he's recharged by the food of Japan, a topic that excites the…
It’s a brisk late winter afternoon in Chicago, and David T. Posey is steadily bringing another busy lunch service to a close at Blackbird. The chef de cuisine walks through the crowded main floor unnoticed, then heads upstairs to the quieter environs of the restaurant’s private dining room and pours himself a glass of water.…
If you didn’t fall asleep in the middle of Sunday’s sluggish Mad Men premiere (Don, NO!), you might have caught a commercial for Knife Fight, a new cooking competition show created by Ilan Hall, who is best known for wining Season 2 of Top Chef. The commercial makes it look nothing like a cable cooking…
Jon Shook runs a pair of highly successful restaurants in Los Angeles with partner Vinny Dotolo — the diametric Animal and Son of a Gun. While Animal does kung pao sweetbreads and oxtail poutine with a wink, nudge and serious cooking chops thank you very much, Gun — with a kitchen busting open these guys…
Last week in New York City, in a Mandarin Oriental ballroom high above the streets of New York City, 120 winemakers from the Ribera region of Spain gathered to showcase their wines for distributors, sommeliers, journalists and others. It was an eye-opening event for anyone without a serious background in all matters involving the tempranillo…