Our summer blind tasting at master host Eric’s Malibu pad…
A fabulous fantasy action book with very human characters, but just a hair less great than the First Law trilogy…
Hands down the best, most authentically Italian, pasta I’ve had in LA — coming from a pasta fiend!
Back to Akbar for more top flight and unusual Indian — and wine of course!
Blizard released the Warlords (WOW expansion 5!) cinematic today!
Wow. LA has lots of great Japanese, and I have good sushi all the time, but this was particularly awesome…
King Hua is such good dimsum that the Hedonists had to hit it up for a mega brunch extravaganza…
If you like galactic romps, this sure beats watching a battered video of Ice Pirates…
The Stormlight Archive harkens back to Eddings, Jordan during their glory days — but somehow much more modern…
Singaporean Chili Crab is just one of those amazing dishes, and not easy to come by outside of its homeland. Plus we threw done 30+ wines!
Who says you can’t drink 21 bottles of wine for lunch?
During summer, the patio at Saddle Peak Lodge makes for an idea place to grub down some meat and kill a whole lot of bottles of great wine…
Well, I’ve once again made my books Amazon exclusive. I’ve been debating it for a while, and the new Kindle Unlimited served as the tipping point…
How much wine can 12 Hedonists drink? Apparently 2 champagnes, 9 White Burgs, 6 Reds, 2 big reds, and some dessert wine! 20!
The Getty Museum celebrates the cuisine of Medieval Greece with an evening of Byzantine Court Food. Now that’s not something you eat every day…
In the early 80s we used to wile away summer evenings on this beautiful pier cracking open fresh blue crabs…
Book 3 of the Gentleman Bastards mixes it up again, blending political intrigue, romance, and of all things, Renaissance theatre…
Scott Lynch’s strong followup to his fantasy Venice caper novel sails off into a new setting, swashbuckling its way across the high seas…
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is usually considered a seafood zone, being known for its awesome blue crab, but local residents don’t turn their nose at any Southern American favorites…
The omnipresent brasserie trend infiltrates even to the remote Eastern Shore of Maryland…
