True. Lard is delicious (and does not contain trans-fat). My favorite hamburger place and my favorite chicken-fried steak place (in Tulsa) both brush the meat with lard. Lard may be enjoying a renaissance in New York City. http

if you’re a tequila fan, try the La Familia at Vessel the Trenchtown at Marjorie Iichiko shochu and calpico (chilled, straight up) at Maneki the Renaissance (if they still make it) at Licorous Nonino Amaro and Amarena cherries...

classics, the Ramos Gin Fizz and the Sazerac. (Mr. McMillian is also a treasure-trove of bar and drink lore, and a wonderful raconteur.) Ritz Carton Hotel 921 Canal St. (Btw. Dauphine & Burgundy) 504-524-1331 (Phone ahead to...

exaggeration – the gin was completely tasteless), being asked by our server to settle up for a reservation after we’d barely finished eating to see that no reservation ever showed up ...). So the short of it is, we...

to be living in Oakland right now, as it continues to express a new "renaissance" as a center of good living and eating and enjoying life at it’s best.

“Health food makes me sick”. - Calvin Trillin "I went to a restaurant that serves ‘Breakfast at any time’. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance." -Steven Wright

I’m not sure where Carb Lover is coming from with regard to reducing the gamey taste. Juniper is traditionally (in addition to flavoring gin) to make meat that isn’t, taste more gamey. A little goes a long way and...

course in detail will take ages. However, I’ll try to do a short precis on some of the standouts. 1) Apple sorbet, cucumber and lemon verbena gin soda in a tall tail flute. 2) Pizza! A miniaturize panzarotti with mozzerella...

Any gathering offering only beer and wine would seem to me to be very spartan. As host you need not be a mixologist. Put out a 1.75 of scotch, one of vodka, perhaps one of gin and asst. mixers. Guests can mix their own. If the xtra...

artisans to big breweries, from Japan as well as other countries. I think the widespread custom of chilled sake is relatively new (past 30 years), and that the artisan renaissance for sake and other culinary treasures began...

Hello! My wife and I are spending this coming weekend in DC from Boston. We are staying Downtown at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel and need a few recommendations. On Friday night we are arriving late so we need a late-night...

I went to buy a bottle of silver tequila as a present for a friend and discovered this sh*t is expensive. Why? I know it has had a bit of a renaissance lately, but man, these prices—even for a low-end brand—are way...

I just can’t agree with you on the Sidebar. I have tried that place several times, hoping that they would get it right, but have ended up disappointed every time. Now my opinion is that a martini has gin, vermouth and...

My dad often cranked out meals that made my friends' parents envious. He was a gifted renaissance man in anything artistic, his talent at daily handyman work, all physical sciences, but mostly cooking. He could crank out a gallon...

Crudo, a raw fish restaurant, which is next door to Tunnel Top, a pleasantly divey bar. Alembic was just covered in this NY Times article about the tail renaissance in SF:...