The idea of trying all the 99 and 100 points 2009 Bordeaux at one dinner might seem kinda crazy, infanticide even, but Papa Silenus told me to “bring it on” — plus there were truffles!
In honor of turkey day, a look back on over a decade of previous Gavin festivals of gluttony…
Let’s see who gets voted off in this year’s episode of The Hunger Games: All Star Edition…
Ron’s 70th birthday provides the excuse for another of the biggest and baddest Hedonist blowouts yet. This is some serious wine, some serious steak, and some serious crab…
Steven Speilberg produced TV has a checkered history, most being cheesy and family oriented. But he keeps on trying, and I have to admire him for pushing Science Fiction more into the mainstream…
Japanese Peruvian hotspot Paiche is so good, I’ve just had to go again (and again) to photo nearly all their dishes…
Soban is the only restaurant in LA to import live Korean crab for their specialty raw marinated crab…
I wanted to like this gorgeous but ultimately shallow film more than I did…
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village has some of the best, freshest dimsum in SoCal, after 5+ visits I’ve compiled an ever growing catalog of this copious and delicious bounty…
Who says Mexican isn’t wine friendly?
Not all YA supernatural romances have to be as badly written as Twilight…
LA has such a wealth of Asian cooking that Sawtelle Blvd features not one, but two Korean Silken Tofu and BBQ restaurants…
Who ever thought dried mushrooms could be so good?
Ten months in the making, The Darkening Dream audiobook is finally ready!
Like a Venitian Ocean’s Eleven, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Oliver Twist all rolled into one…
An event so big it spanned two nights, the Hedonists down what much be several whole cows at LA’s premier beef place — and did we mention the wines?
Time to skewer up an entire whole pig, peel back the skin, and go to town. Throw in some other Filipino delicacies, 25 Hedonists, and a whole lot of wine…
Absolutely hilarious faux lip sync Game of Thrones trailer. This must have been a lot of work and I can’t tell if the semi-sensical dialog is just goofy writing or a requirement to match the mouth movements in their clips…
I’m just addicted to Chinese food — good Chinese food at least — and Peking Duck is kind of like that other thing, even when it’s bad, it’s good…
Everyone says it’s good — and well, they’re right. Gravity is a relentless thrill ride really firing on all cylinders…