I finally got the chance to play all the way through The Last of Us. Here are my thoughts on what is probably the best narrative video game yet made…
Sure it’s all the way down near the Orange County border, but Michael’s on Naples is some darn good Italian eats…
A perfect summer evening of food and wine set in lovely Malibu Canyon…
A triumph of style over substance, can about 4 billion explosions and the CGI obliteration of nearly two planets make up for a lack of characterization?
What’s a Burghound do on his birthday? 85 Batard, 89 Meursault, and lots of great red — plus 25 courses of world class Japanese!
28 courses of modernist cooking in Orange County? Who thought that was even possible?
Our beloved Labrador, Osiris, passed today, following the sun into the West through the Great Sky Door to Abydos…
Classic Spanish dining including gambas, anchovies, paella (several types), oxtail and flan! Plus lots of wine including dueling 1978 Rioja’s…
The finale hits on each and every thread in Westeros. The result is more diffuse, and typical of GOTs first/last episodes, positions characters for the season to come…
The Last of Us is almost on us, and with the review ban lifted I round up over 50 reviews…
The season of summer Hedonism gets rolling with this staggering event. Great food, awesome setting, and a bevy of 100 point wines really gets it going…
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Finally, we come to the Red Wedding. This episode cover three major threads and delivers on two. Sigh…
Ever wonder where in the world Yanbian is? Probably not, but this doesn’t stop the Hedonists when great food is at stake…
The parade of culinary adventures with my Hedonist club continues as we hit the San Gabriel Valley again, this time for some authentic Vietnamese…
I crave Science Fiction films that can live up to good science fiction prose. I demand Blade Runner and Aliens. How does the Cruisimeister’s latest stand up?
What happens when you take over the best beef joint in LA with 28 Hedonists and about 34 world class wines?
A very cohesive episode with only three extended “threads” of narrative, allowing it to really focus on the characters we love…
The ultimate tiramisu, basically all from scratch: The cheese, the creme, the lady fingers. The goal: recreating that richness and subtlety of secondary flavor that is the hallmark of great Italian desserts…
The summer Hedonist season is heating up and brings us to the Avalon Hotel’s poolside Italian, Oliverio for a special Amarone dinner…
