November 2011

November 17, 2011 I remember the first time I ever had a Beaujolais Nouveau.  I had finished my studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder and was working in the super hip, wine driven supper club called Trios in downtown Boulder.  Those of us who were there at that time helped create this incredible vibe.  [...]

November 15, 2011 I spent a few days this last week working at an amazing little shop called Charcuterie Chibaudo.  About 8 years ago an incredibly energetic French Chef named Laurent bought a tired little charcuterie in old town Nice and turned it into an amazing tour de force(meat). I am unsure what kind of [...]

Ten years ago I found myself in Nice.  I flew in with a great friend, Matt Courtney (now the assistant wine maker at Marcassin Vineyards) to try to understand the wine regions of France.  I seem to find myself in Europe whenever I have big questions or concepts that I am trying to figure out.  [...]

As I write this I am sitting in a restaurant called Carnes a la Brasa in the Barcelona airport waiting for my plane to Nice, eating a salad of hearts of palm, avocado and hard cooked egg and tomato bread with a type of sausage I have never heard of.  Good food is everywhere you [...]

Leaving home This morning I left my little town and my little Bistro to go search for something:  something real, something authentic, something true.   Over the years we have been able to build something truely amazing in our little town of Livingston.  The Second Street Bistro and The Murray Bar have become these wonderful little fixtures [...]