Food and Drink

Is there anything better than a slow cooked, unctuous dish as the weather turns cold?  Tagines are perfect for this and our traditional lamb version is just the thing for an Autumn Saturday.  Ingredient...

This isn't the Shepard's pie you choked down in boarding school.  Deep, fulfilling and the perfect Autumn dish.  Pairs lovely with a "lunch time" Claret such as a 2010 Bordeaux. Ingredients 1...

Torpedo cigars Figurado fever is gripping Havana, with high-profile launches and special editions of these once‑niche, fully flavoured torpedo-shaped cigars     Question: when is a...

Vinha d'alhos       In the Azores and Madeira, this dish is commonly made the morning following the killing of a pig. Be glad you don't have to hang about for a pig.  A good pork butt will do...

There is a wine that once opened, will still taste fresh and fabulous decades later. At the young age of 150 years this wine is just in its prime. It also has a unique claim to American patriotism, being...

Spirit to Sip By Sasha Levine Sidney Frank Importing Ask Alexander Stein, founder of Black Forest Distillers, why he chose to make Monkey 47—a dry gin named in honor of the number of handpicked...

  We love Sao Paulo for many reasons but a favorite might be the beautiful Jardins district with it's lush gardens, incredible restaurants, and luxury shopping.  It also doesn't hurt that Sao Paolo is...

While in Sao Paulo we are quite the fan of Brazil's national cocktail: the Caipirinha. Made with Cachaça, Brazil's most popular distilled liquor, sugar and lime. Cachaça is like rum in that it also comes...

Serve Brazil's national dish, feijoada, with some finely sliced spring greens, onion and garlic gently fried for 5 minutes or so, as well as boiled rice and some slices of orange. Gizane Campos, The Edible...

Courtesy of Waldorf Astoria, Shanghai on the Bund Long Bar, Waldorf Astoria, Shanghai In its prime, the Paris of the East was perhaps the most debauched and glamorous metropolis in the world. The...

Bar Longhi, The Gritti Palace, Venice It’s taken 15 months and $50 million to restore the landmarked Gritti Palace to its glory: hand-laid terrazzo floors, furniture upholstered in fabrics from storied...

  A converted warehouse with a smoke house and in-house butchery, this brick shed offers private dining and a south-facing yard for sunny days. With a focus on sustainability and the...

We came to Italy originally seeking craftsmen and true artists to make our clothing.  Time spent in Italy over the years has brought us great pleasure and appreciation for specific local flavors and ways of...

American Bar, The Savoy, London Chief barkeep Erik Lorincz (who looks a bit like Errol Flynn) presides over this iconic bar tucked into the lobby of the recently refurbished Savoy hotel. The gleaming,...

  I could almost mark the length between the trips I make from the sunny Algarve to Lisbon by whether or not Jose Avilliez has opened a new restaurant. He is certainly Portugal’s most prolific chef, if...

Vintage Champagnes To Invest In This Year Decades in the making, the finest fizz from the greatest houses All that glitters is not gold. Likewise, all that sparkles is not champagne –...

Anchovies provide depth and savoury deliciousness; the tomatoes bring sweetness, acidity and richness; and the marjoram finishes with an almost musty green freshness, making this a perfect late-summer...

  We've all been there... the late night streets of a European or North African capitol, the alcoholic glow of some lovely bottles urging us on and a gnawing hunger that needs to be fed before the...

There's the soft thump of snow outside which offers no sign of abating. Lovely large flakes that spiral down joining the rest on the lawn, the shrubbery, and the trees. The grey afternoon feels...

Usually June and July see us overseas with a lazy, late afternoon realization that it is the fourth.  Shrug, nod in the general direction of where you think the United States are and then it's back to a cold...