Food and Drink
Pinot Noir: The ‘spiritual’ wine 
Affordable Pinot Noirs from France, California, and Australia
A cranberry sauce with plenty of bite
Brandy adds depth, while peppercorns balance the tart flavor.
Recipe of the week: Harvest treasures for a Thanksgiving Day feast
For a perfect Thanksgiving: Sage Butter–Roasted Turkey With Cider Gravy
Baltimore’s new top chef
After chef-owner Bryan Voltaggio began appearing on Bravo’s Top Chef reality show, waiting times for reservations started stretching to weeks.
Golden harvest wines for dinner or dessert
These autumn whites make an ideal accompaniment to roasted turkey at Thanksgiving.
Recipe of the week: An autumn feast from Jackson Hole
Smoked duck is always a fall specialty at the Rusty Parrot Lodge & Spa in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Flour + Water = pizza e pasta
Thomas McNaughton, the chef at San Francisco's latest Italian restaurant, once worked in a pasta factory in Bologna, Italy.
A new trove of great Chilean wines
The Limari Valley produces first rate Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Riesling. It may also become “the world’s next source of consistently good Chardonnay.”
Recipe of the week: Seafood: Fish tapas with a Catalan twist
Joyce Goldstein, who owns San Francisco’s pioneering Square One restaurant, has been visiting Spain since 1960.
Washington’s world-class Rieslings
In the U.S., the best Riesling comes from the Columbia Valley in Washington state.
Minnesota meat: Dried, cured, or cooked just right
Michael Phillips, the chef at Craftsman in Minneapolis, estimates he spends about 25 percent of his time preparing charcuterie.
Recipe of the week: Korean home cooking: Steak from New York’s noodle king
Chef David Chang first gained fame for raising ramen noodles to a fine art at his East Village New York noodle bar, Momofuku.
Where to eat in Faulkner’s hometown
Oxford, Mississippi, has become one of the South’s top dining destinations.
Craft beer from Italy, land of wine
A new generation of Italians is discovering and experimenting with craft beers.
Recipe of the week: Cooking for one: A single-serving Moroccan-style feast
This Moroccan-style roasted eggplant comes from Judith Jones' new cookbook, The Pleasures of Cooking for One.
Languedoc wines: Going beyond Fat Bastard
The cheap wine from France’s Languedoc region is getting better. Here are three of the best lesser-known Languedocs currently available.
A California restaurant with unrivaled views
“What a spot!” said S. Irene Virbila in the Los Angeles Times.
Recipe of the week: The lost supper: Rediscovering a mid-Atlantic staple
The recipe for this mid-Atlantic specialty—partan and bree—comes from a family whose roots date to the 1600s.
Where to order up a Down East feast
In the past decade, Portland, Maine, has become “one of the best places to eat in the Northeast,” said Julia Moskin in The New York Times.
The world’s best—and most expensive—scotches
Two cask-aged single-malt scotches bottled in 2008 are now available in very limited—and expensive—editions, said Josh Noel in the Chicago Tribune.
