You know how you discover something, and then you suddenly its as if by magic you see it or references to it pop up everywhere?  Or maybe you become hyper sensitive to it once you heard about it, w...

Like much of life, fortified wines were born from necessity.  In this case, to preserve European wines on long trade voyages in the 16th and 17th centuries.  Brandy was added either before or during t...

Oyster Food and Culture What is old is new again in San Francisco and beyond.  In the last year or so, izakaya’s have been popping up throughout San Francisco.  In my neighborhood alone, within the la...