red wine
Burgundian beneficence
Paris has enough great restaurants to maintain its claim to be the world capital of gastronomy. That said, Parisian residents…
A slice of Calabria – in London
The Romans wrote the history, or at least the myths. But long before Romulus murdered Remus, the Mediterranean – the…
A red fit for a matador
We were talking bulls. A friend of mine, Alexander Fiske-Harrison, is a remarkable character who can claim at least two…
Low life
Everything is happening so fast. First we were put under a night curfew. A few days later M. Macron announced…
Guinness and oysters — or beef and Haut-Brion — in deepest Ireland
We were talking about the West of Ireland and agreed that there were few greater gastronomic pleasures than a slowly…
Dear Mary
Q. After a recent dinner I found myself on a two-seater sofa enjoying the restful company of a woman who…
Long life
When one is in one’s seventies, as I am, one begins to fear the horror of dementia and to carry…
