Eating as “sport” is simply in bad taste. and would actually be funny if it wasn’t so alarming…

Terroir is not a small dog or related to 9/11 Localism, regionality,  indigenous, terroir. What does it mean and why should we care? It’s mysterious. Ask two different winemakers, chefs or farmers for their definition and you will get three different answers. The classic definition of terroir (pronounced ter-whahr) is “a taste or sense of [...]

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) canceled the 2009 troll (ocean caught) Oregon and California commercial Wild Chinook salmon season. This marks the second year in a row.

Is a lush green lawn and suburbs in the dessert more important than one of our wild natural resources and one one of our most important coastal businesses?

There’s a dark side to vegetarianism.

The conclusion from a 2004 study said, “Adolescent and young adult vegetarians may experience the health benefits associated with increased fruit and vegetable intake and young adults may experience the added benefit of decreased risk for overweight and obesity. However, current vegetarians may be at increased risk for binge eating with loss of control, while former vegetarians may be at increased risk for extreme unhealthful weight-control behaviors.”

There’s a warm orange glow radiating from the French doors lining the corner building of Clinton and 14th Street in Gramercy Park. When you enter it’s dark and there’s a low cacophony – a mixture of background music, conversation and kitchen noise radiating from the open kitchen. The tables are ridiculously close, almost communal. It’s hard to read the two-page, cleanly laid-out menu, let alone the multi-page, entirely Spanish wine list.