L'Oursin Seattle is Stellar

When you’re lusting after French food go to L’Orsin Seattle.

appetizer, bistro, French, Seattle WA, restaurants, restaurant reviewKaren TripsonMarch 12, 2022foie gras, canard, sweetbreads, ris de veau, armagnac, kuri squash, northwest salmon, northwest sturgeon, Loursin seattle

Charlottesville VA

The rolling hills of Virginia are a great destination for touring, hiking and dining.

Culture, French, Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville VA tourKaren TripsonNovember 9, 2021Fleurie Charlottesville, The Whiskey Jar Charlottesville, Ivy Road House Charlottesville, Pippin Hill Winery, Peo Re Nata Brewery, Monticello, Nailery Monticello

Ottolenghi and I love French Onion Soup for the Lockdown!

Yotam Ottolenghi and I make French Onion Soup our own way for the lockdown. He personalizes his with a Yemeni spice blend, hawaij. I personalize mine by making it fast.

French, wine tasting, Ottolenghi, Yotam Ottolenghi, onion soupKaren TripsonJune 3, 2020French Onion soup, onion soup, Ottolenghi, Ottolenghi's onion soup, hawaij, hawaii onion soup

What's Cooking in PDX

Follow me on an extravagant tour of Portland in summer of 2019. Cuisine, cocktails and culture!

L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants

If you need a mini vacation away from the real world, you can hardly do better than to sit back and relax with George Geary’s new book, L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants - Celebrating the Famous Places Where Hollywood Ate, Drank and Played. It's sheer indulgence in the romance and glamour of Hollywood in the golden era.