Tag: fine dining

Inside the Most Expensive Chinese Restaurant in America

May 25, 2023
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The idea of Chinese food doesn’t often bring to mind an elaborate, 19-course meal of meticulously composed dishes served in custom-made vessels. “Chinese food has thousands of years of history and culture. It should be expensive,” said chef Guo Wenjun, whose eponymous restaurant in New York, at $518 per person for the tasting menu, is…

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Meet Maine’s Passionate Seafaring Couple Wowing Travelers with Relaxing Windjammer Adventures

May 27, 2022
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One could say that the husband and wife co-captains of the J. & E. Riggin windjammer were destined to one day own and command this particular vessel. Justin Schaefer and Jocelyn Schmidt both grew up on the water. Justin, at just a year and a half old, was introduced to sailing by his captain father….

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Pop the Corks: Becoming a Sommelier

April 23, 2022
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What constitutes a wine expert or sommelier? Fine restaurants employ wine stewards to assist in the selection and presentation of wines. The best ones are professional and discreet, taking care to provide gentle advice and thus help ensure that the diners choose a wine that perfectly suits their meals, palates, and budgets. Because there’s so…

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