The bar at the Duke’s Hotel in London (off St. James Street) is quite famous for its martinis.

Street (between Church and Pratt): terrific, yummy, brewed-on-premises beers and a menu to set off the beers.

I’ve read that Flukey’s on Western near Pratt is no more and a U Lucky Dawg has replaced it. Flukey’s was also my favorite for a long time but I had to invoke the 3 strikes yer out rule after 3 consecutive...

-rounded collection (see link). Cookbook of the year was Washoku by Elizabeth Andoh and the first Amazon review was by CH’s own Yukari Pratt “shochu queen”. Besides that, both Sunday Suppers at Lucques and...

will be in the norwood suburb of boston next week .....any good ones in that part of town will be appreciated. thanks

a tail in a larger glass(even though it isn’t a request for a double). I recommend Lewis' in Norwood center as a great place for a drink and some great bar food(as an added visual benefit, the grill is behind the bar...and I...

decent prices.. I had forgotten about Sabb’s and Cedar’s, and I work out here in Norwood.. man, Sabb’s makes a mean shwarma

in the house now and it is much more intesnsely Junipe flavored and very spicy. So what are you using, if anything, for vermouth. If you have a skanky old bottle of generic vermouth, try to find some Noilly Pratt or the more...

James Gate in JP

and James Baldwin among many other African Americans enjoyed an acceptance in France they’d never experienced in the United States. I followed them and their legacy as a student of Pratt Institute in the late 1970s when I...

from James Peterson’s new book devoted entirely to duck, which is a lot of fun if you like to eat the little quackers as much as I do.

It was the Fullerton one, on Placentia and Norwood. I’m trying to think if I’ve ever eaten in Downey.

next to the water with a view of the Hanover Street bridge or Captain James on Boston Street next to the Inner Harbor.

not for the tasting. Right now, I make my martinis 3:1 gin-vermouth (Noilly Pratt) 1.5:.5, with a dash of orange bitters and a lemon twist. Stirred. I’m considering trying 4:1 ratios for tasting, just to get more of the gin...

in Manhattan. More walking and shopping led me to a stop at the James Gallery at CUNY where I must admit the ongoing exhibit is definitely worth the stop – despite the somewhat raunchy topic, and subsequently some more browsing...