Texas does not have a single Michelin Star restaurant. The reason has nothing to do with the quality of food or inventiveness of Texas chefs. To award stars there must be a Michelin chapter in the state. Texas does not have one. This said, for just one night, there was a Michelin Star meal served in Texas. Karen and I found Ferrari’s Italian Villa and Chop House shortly after they opened at…
As a curious connoisseur, I periodically stop off and browse different wine shops, just to see what is new and different. We do the same thing when we travel, usually seeking out a local wine to accompany our meals. Recently, I stopped off at Off the Vine, in Grapevine and talked to Holly, the owner. She mentioned they recently had a wine tasting of South American wines. As she ran through the…
Everyone’s tastes change over time. Whether it is in clothes, movies, friends, or favorite activities. Your tastes also change in food and beverages. You go to a new restaurant and just love a dish they have. You go out with friends and they introduce you to a new beer or wine or mixed drink. That becomes your go-to beverage… for a while. The problem is there is just so many different beverages…
A Boston Sommelier’s Insights Karen and I were recently in Boston for a long weekend, visiting the Presidential Libraries there and in Hyde Park, New York. Two very different leaders, responding to two very different times in the history of our nation. We became interested in visiting all of the libraries of the fourteen presidents who have them, after a visit to the Bush library here in Dallas. We discovered the National…
We decided to visit our son, who moved to San Francisco for his work. It had been a long time since we visited with him there, so Karen decided she wanted to do something special for him. She found a list of Michelin Star restaurants and asked him to select one. He chose Sorrel. Investigating what he was getting us into, we discovered that we were going to be presented with a…