Anthony Bourdain first made me aware of Le Comptoir and its chef owner Yve’s Camborde on his Paris “No Reservations” episode. Visiting France, I decided to get into this extremely popular twenty seater, having failed to make it for dinner one earlier...
Croissant in France. Viennoiserie in Austria. Recently, I've seen a bunch of conversation about its history. Reading about the Ottoman empire, I became a fan of a 16th century-inspired myth of Viennese bakers creating it, their goal to shape crescent...
Yes I know, my nose is back in action, so I had to get it into some more pâté, terrines, and the like. Today when my wife suggested we celebrate out 22nd wedding anniversary at an impromptu lunch, I couldn’t say no! First she wanted to go to Aquavit, claiming...
