November 2006
Posted: Nov 29, 2006 2:39pm ET
My God, Chicago, how do you do it? So many fantastic restaurants, how do you get to them all? It’s not like my gall bladder could handle Charlie Trotter’s one night, and Alinea the next. I think the only solution would be to move to the Windy City, or at least make monthly visits just to sample the amazing, cutting-edge cuisine.
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Posted: Nov 22, 2006 4:27pm ET
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We Canadians are so thankful that we just can’t wait until November, so we celebrate our holiday in October. But, I’m on tour in the U.S., and have found lots to be thankful for down here, not least of which is the fact that Thanksgiving weekend is when most of the Willamette Valley’s wineries open their doors to the public.
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Posted: Nov 16, 2006 11:42am ET
On Monday night we had an evening off here in Omaha, Neb., and after wandering the city, admiring its beautiful art deco architecture, shopping for CDs and singing Morrissey’s “Everyday Is Like Sunday” the whole time (it was Monday, and the streets were completely empty), we decided to treat ourselves to a great dinner.
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Posted: Nov 13, 2006 4:28pm ET
A few weeks ago, I spent some time at the huge annual wine auction held in Toronto. Commercial auctions are a relatively new occurrence for us, and the only legal one is run by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, our state-run alcohol monopoly.
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