Fall is in the air in New York, which for some reason made me remember the first time I visited Blue Fin restaurant. Three memories stand out: the great service, the delish lobster roll, and those addictive seeded flatbreads — hope they’re all still there! Here’s the scoop:
A recent weekend of holiday insanity in New York [...]

This from Urban Daddy National simultaneously cracked me up and made me want pie. Thought you might feel the same:
Look. Far be it from us to tell you how to run your life, but we think it’s time you consider settling down and making a commitment that will last you the rest of your years.
Don’t [...]

Yes, I’m still updating this blog with old content from the old site… I suspect I will still be at it a year from now, so why pretend otherwise.
As I was going through old restaurant reviews, I came across this one about Artisanal in New York. In the seven years since I first visited, I’ve [...]

For those of you who don’t know — Houston has great food. Better yet? It’s great food at great prices.
Yes, you have to struggle with traffic. Yes, the humidity in summer is stifling. And yes, we’re don’t have a particularly glamorous image. (Part of that, understand, is that we don’t particularly care about creating one…)
In [...]

After two weeks of delicious seafood all over Portugal, our carnivorous instincts were skyrocketing, and we were ready for some kind of roasted beast. Something that had four legs and had walked the earth at some point.
And we had heard great things about A Travessa, a restaurant located in a former convent somewhere in Lisbon. [...]

I was back in Napa last weekend and headed straight to my favorite restaurant, Bistro Jeanty. (In fact, I’d say that this is one of my favorite French restaurants on this side of the Atlantic…)
Bistro Jeanty is a cozy, two-room place that, frankly, can feel a little noisy and cramped — although the patio is [...]

Everyone in the Houston restaurant community has been terribly saddened by the fire that destroyed Brennan’s of Houston restaurant the night that Hurricane Ike hit Houston. Tragically, Brennan’s “wine guy” James Koonce and his four-year-old daughter were badly burned in the fire and remain in critical condition.
A number of restaurants have already held fundraisers for [...]