02.12.2011 News Wine Column: Tasting new wines before their time Every winter, I look forward to visiting some of my winemaking friends’ cellars to taste the most recent vintage. In January or February, the wines that were harvested in...
02.07.2011 News Health Column: The benefits of chocolate It’s February and the chocolate treats are plentiful. Stories touting the health benefits of chocolate — including fighting cancer — have helped spawn a wide variety of sweets, from...
02.07.2011 News Lombardi Column: Keeping North Fork safe for romantics Homeland Security should be notified. I say this because there are some folks on the North Fork leading a double life. That may sound a little James Bondish, but...
02.04.2011 News Chef Column: Black Forest cake, with a cherry on top The stream that bubbles below, Like an incessant lyric, A monk’s chant in a monastery. The cherry tree hangs With bloom on its sagging boughs. Ah, to look at...
01.31.2011 News Forward Living Column: Take a breath and face the unexpected Frank and I were heading to his daughter’s home for the evening. To save time, Frank suggested that we order takeout. I nixed the idea, saying that throwing together...
01.28.2011 News By the Book column: Story of a savior It’s interesting how good books locate me. A friend suggests one, a book review stands out, a cover might catch my eye. My next-door neighbor brought over a bagful...
01.28.2011 News Wine Column: Getting serious about pink Champagne The wine world is a funny place, driven by trends, fashions and critics playing favorites. In the past few years, once-maligned rosé wines have soared in popularity. Now the...
01.18.2011 News Wine Column: Speaking of terroir, enough is enough Every year at this time, I’ve looked forward to receiving a calendar from Kendall Jackson (aka KJ), that mega-winery based in Sonoma that turned a few hundred cases of...
01.17.2011 News By the Book: Raise your butter beer to J.K. Rowling Start with an image of a single mother on welfare walking around Edinburgh, pushing a pram until her baby daughter falls asleep, then ducking into the nearest café to...
01.14.2011 News Forward Living: Is it so weird to be in love with winter? Have you noticed how quiet the North Fork has become? It seems like the Earth and its inhabitants are taking a collective breath and hunkering down for the winter....