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Jun 27, 20215 min read
The Culinary Delights of Seattle
Seattle is one of the best food cities in the US, if not the world! The combination of the incredible local seafood and west coast...
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Jun 9, 20214 min read
Caucho – Cedar Rapids, IA
If I told you the best margarita I'd ever had was at a restaurant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you would certainly accuse me of at least some...
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the_maestro
Jun 7, 202112 min read
Chef Jorge Vallejo in Residence at Stone Barns – Pocantico Hills, NY
"What do Americans eat when they eat out for dinner? That’s the question that inspired us as we designed Season Two of Chef in Residence....
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the_maestro
May 22, 202114 min read
Atelier Crenn – San Francisco, CA
When I was a budding foodie, I often turned to the Michelin Guide to figure out where to dine whenever I traveled hither or thither. It...
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the_maestro
May 16, 202116 min read
Chef Victoria Blamey in Residence at Stone Barns – Pocantico Hills, NY
"Different cultures inspire me. Colors inspire me. Travel inspires me. That’s what really excited me when I left Chile the first time at...
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the_maestro
May 6, 202114 min read
Johnny Ortiz in Residence at Stone Barns – Pocantico Hills, NY
“At the other places I worked, it was always about the outcome . . . The ingredients were less the focus than the idea. Here, the...
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the_maestro
Jan 9, 20216 min read
The Maestro's Big Drunk Gay Awards – 2020 Dumpster Fire Edition!
I really enjoyed issuing a series of absolutely meaningless "Big Drunk Gay" awards last year, highlighting the very best things I ate,...
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the_maestro
Dec 22, 20209 min read
Stubborn Seed – Miami Beach, FL
I think my lack of dining out has really caught up to me, because as you can probably tell I've been eating at a lot of really great...
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the_maestro
Dec 20, 20209 min read
"A chimp in a suit" – two half-dinners in Miami Beach
One of my favorite idioms is the old "lipstick on a pig" line. It's perhaps put best, however, in one of my very favorite tunes from the...
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the_maestro
Dec 19, 20208 min read
Peumayén – Santiago, Chile
Yep, Chile! Here I am (or rather, there I was)! Many on social media were surprised to see that I had managed to get out of the country,...
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the_maestro
Dec 16, 20205 min read
Macchialina – Miami Beach, FL
This year has been so bizarre and devoid of culinary wonders (at least those wonders external to the home) that I completely forgot that...
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Dec 12, 20207 min read
La Mar – Miami, FL
I wound up in Miami far earlier than I expected thanks to California's new shutdown, which sidelined a week-long trip I had planned to...
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the_maestro
Dec 11, 20206 min read
Desert Bistro – Moab, UT
I gave myself a fairly open itinerary in Utah so I could sort of go where the wind blew me, as it were, originally planning to rent a...
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the_maestro
Sep 1, 20205 min read
The Maestro moves to Charlotte
Well kids, what can I say? Life is crazy, and my dearth of posts this past month was due in part to my grand adventure in Alaska, yes,...
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the_maestro
Jun 25, 20209 min read
Cabra – Chicago, IL
The fam and I have done our best to be exceptionally conscious of and careful with our behavior during this tough period in our shared...
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the_maestro
Jan 31, 20203 min read
Presenting The Maestro's 2019 Big Drunk Gay Awards
Well folks, we have entered a new year, and even though I am one month late on the new year, it was just over one year ago that I created...
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Jan 19, 20209 min read
Christmas surprises and Christmas drinks
Well folks, the Christmas season is joyful indeed. I successfully executed two gigantic surprises this past season in pursuit of joy for...
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the_maestro
Aug 11, 20198 min read
Portland and Willamette wine tasting – Oregon
My sister Georgia and I have had a really awesome summer together. It’s been wonderful having her on this side of the Atlantic, both in...
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the_maestro
Jul 7, 20198 min read
Wine tasting in Santa Barbara County
It’s been a while since I have had the opportunity to blog! Travels have been busy, and the bit of downtime I had in the last little...
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the_maestro
Jun 16, 20199 min read
The TWA Hotel at JFK – Boundless potential, Boundless Incompetence
Y'all may know that I am a major nerrrrrd for aviation. Ever since I was a kid, I couldn't wait to get on my next plane. I made paper...
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