Evenings With Peter

Summertime is margaritatime! The famous Midnight Margaritas scene in the movie Practical Magic is not from the book, but Alice Hoffman does ...

Let ’ s call the whole thing awesome! Depending on where you came from, scallops are pronounced either scaw-llops (like scald) or ska-llops ...

Blind dates used to be a sticky situation. The time I’m talking about was over 35 years ago, before the age of cyberstalking, when a blind d...

I like the seasons to dictate my menus, using fruits and vegetables when at their peak. And rhubarb (from the latter category) is rarin’ t...

I list the American Bar at The Savoy and Rules (both in London) among my favorite places in the world that I know. Napoleon House in New O...

The very thought of fresh mint bouquets fills my head with bright notions of spring, the appro...

I met renowned French chef Alain Sailhac at The French Culinary Institute and we got along rather well, so he came to my apartment a number ...