Probably one of the biggest changes in my cooking recently has been how I cook thicker steaks. As much a fan as I am of big red wines, they are often best paired with a perfectly-cooked filet. Seared on the outside, warm and rare on the inside, it’s an elusive ideal.

Christopher Hitchens, (quite a ringer for Andrew Lloyd Webber, isn’t he?) who has famously railed at religion in his recent book “God is Not Great,” has now sharpened his claws to move in on an equally formidable foe – the wine waiter. You know the type – the one who pushes the spoofed Brunellos going [...]

The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization I read and re-read this book a couple of times, trying to pierce to the heart of what her underlying focus was. What made her so angry about today’s wines? What was she rebelling against? And what, importantly, was she aspiring [...]