The Boring American
Dutch director Anton Corbijn makes beautiful people and places look, well, beautiful. Corbijn hasn't an idea in his head, but he knows how to make ancient cobblestone stairways look blitheringly atmospheric. He knows how to show off buck naked actors, and their...
Pizza La Posta
Somebody once said that one picture was worth a thousand sips of sangiovese. Like this one.
Late Summer on a Plate
Our house. Last week. Dressed with Meyer lemon, olive oil and infant shiso leaves. Perfectly ripe.
Thomas Fogarty Pinot Noir
It's the first Santa Cruz Mountain pinot noir from the 2008 vintage I've tasted, and now I know why this beautiful creation from Thomas Fogarty Winery took a gold at the recent SF Chronicle competition. This full-throated wine is loaded with complex aromatic...
eat cliché love
Eat Pray love is either better or worse than I expected. Like a wine that cannot be technically faulted, yet fails to engage the senses, this film seems to lack any distinction. What it does have is a few fleeting glimpses of a potentially great actress struggling to...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.