In the early 1970’s, a movement was wriggling around in the United Kingdom. Strutting onto the scene in platform boots, and bellbottoms came Glam Rock. Just a little south-east, at the end of that very same decade, Turkey was developing their first feminist movement. Fast forward to Sunday, four decades later, Turkish designer Hakan Akkaya […]
Wine Enthusiast hosted yet another scrumptious and sumptuous celebration of 100 Best Wine Restaurants around the U.S. Known for their delicious pairings of extraordinary food and wine, the restaurants were represented by their respective beverage coordinators. I had the pleasure of speaking to managers from Veritas in Columbus […]
As a kid, I religiously peeled the skins off grapes first. A bitter foil to the soft fleshened interior to follow, I bit them brief and swallowed whole as a sort of drum roll. That stark of a distinction between the skin and its grape body hadn’t existed again until this day… several decades later. […]
