Mitch Bechard, Glenfiddich's Brand Amabassador West, shares the very best. Thank you, thank you!

Lamberto Frescobaldi has been appointed the new President of Marchesi de' Frescobaldi, Tuscany's legendary 700-year old winemaking group. Bravo!

Food Arts just awarded their July/August 2013 Silver Spoon Award to Seattle Chef Tom Douglas for sterling performance. Bravo, bravo, bravo!

Patrick Norquet, the Product Designer Bringing Style to McDonald's French Division 

Sylvia Woods, 1926-2012. Harlem's Queen of Soul Food Who Taught a Whole Nation to Appreciate Its Complete Culinary Heritage. 

Marion Cunningham, 1922-2012. Inspired Advocate of American Home Cooking, James Beard Colleague, Author and Esteemed Grand Dame d'Escoffier

 La Mancha Wine Ambassador Gregorio Martin-Zarco shares a true Spanish treasure with the world.

Naeem Khan, Style Setting Designer of Michelle Obama's WHCD Dress

Terron Schaefer, Sak's Senior Vice President of Creative Marketing - Co-Creator of The Snowflake and the Bubble 

Pete Wells, the NEW Restaurant Critic for the venerated New York Times - Enjoy the Feast! Ah Bon Appetit!

Garry Trudeau Who Transferred the Faces and Feelings of the 1968 Harvard - Yale Game into the Insightful Doonesbury Commentary Cartoons

Regenia Phillips, Amazing Director of Yale Residential Dining

Chef Patron Massimo Riccioli of London's Famed Massimo Restaurant and Oyster Bar - Celebrity Perfect 

Carl Warner, Creator of Food Landscapes, a Culinary Terrain Extraordinary

Howard Schiffer, Founder of Vitamin Angels, Giving Healthly Future to Millions of Children

Françoise Branget, French National Assembly Deputy AND editor of La Cuisine de la République, Cuisinez avec vos députés! (or The Cuisine of the Republic: Cook With Your Deputies!)

Paco Torreblance, Master Spanish Pastry Chef to Kings and Queens, Releases a New Book, Collection of Sugar Pieces 

Professor Hanshan Dong, Developer of the New Antibacterial Stainless Steel - No More Kitchen Germs!

Frieda Caplan, Founder of Frieda's - Innovative Vendor Who Introduced New & Rare Produce to U.S. Well Done Frieda!

Adam D. Tihany, International Famed Hotel & Restaurant Designer To Be New CIA Art Director - FANTASTIC CHOICE!

George Lang, Founder of New York's Trend-Setting Café des Artistes sadly Passed Away Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Rest in Peace.  A Great Gentleman. 

Master French Chef Alain Ducasse, Chef for the Monaco Royal Wedding

Chef Jean-Louis Themis of ITHQ, Quebec

Chef Pasquale Vari of ITHQ - Canada

Scott Ostrander, New General Manager at Cedarbrook Lodge, Top Hotel on Expedia® 2011 Insiders’ Select® Worldwide List 

Nach Waxman, Owner of the Legendary Kitchen Arts & Letters Culinary Bookstore, NYC

Chef Jose Andres, Spain's Great Gift to America!

Executive White House Chef Cris Comerford

White House Executive Pastry Chef William Yosses

Chef Roberto Santibanez, Noted Master of the True Mexican Cuisine - Both Historic and Modern 

Jeremy Goring, the Fourth Goring to Direct the Legendary Goring Hotel, London

Famed French Chef Joel Robuchon

Chef Anton Mosimann Receives OBE from Queen Elizabeth

Elena Arzak, Master Chef of Arzak, Basque Restaurant in Spain

Yula Zubritsky, Photographer to the Culinary Greats including Chef Anne-Sophie Pic

Adam Rapoport, New Editor in Chief of Bon Appetit

Christine Muhlke, New Executive Editor of Bon Appetit, which recently relocated to New York City

Chef Mario Batali, co-creater with Gwyneth Paltrow of On the Road Again...Spain

Darren McGrady, Private Chef to the Beloved Princess Diana 

Master French Chef Paul Locuse, Esteemed Founder of the Bocuse d'Or Culinary Championship

Michael S. Smith, Hotel, White House and Now Architectural Digest Oscar Green Room Designer

Graydon Carter, Editor Extraordinaire and Host of the Most Elite of Post Oscar Parties, The Vanity Fair Gala

David Friend, Co-Author with Graydon Carter of Oscar Night: 75 Years of Hollywood Parties

Cheryl Cecchetto, Event Designer for Oscar Governor's Ball 2011

Joan DeJean, author of The Essence of Style

Antonio Galloni, the New California Wine Reviewer at Wine Advocate

Elin McCoy, insightful author of The Emperor of Wine: Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste

Chef Michael Recchiuti, creator of Recchiuti Confections 

Top Pastry Chef Ewald Notter

Tim Walker, Moet & Chandon's New Photographer Extraordinaire

Yotam Ottolenghi, Innovative London Chef

Charlie Trotter, Chef and Culinary Leader

Professor Roger Corder, author of The Red Wine Diet

Mireille Guiliano, Author of French Women Don't Get Fat 

John R. Hanny, White House Food Writer 

Michael Mondavi, Creator of M by Michael Mondavi

Mimi Sheraton, New York Food Critic and Author

Maxmillian Riedel, CEO of Riedel Crystal of America

Nancy Verde Barr, Friend and Colleague of Julia Child

Les Gouttes de Dieu, Now a TV Show

David Tanis, Co-Chef of Chez Panisse and Paris

Chef Alice Waters, Owner Chez Panisse

Kristine Kidd, Co-Author of Cooking at Home

Tony Chi, designer - Park Hyatt Shanghi

Madhur Jaffrey, Author of At Home with Madhur Jaffrey

Colman Andrews, Author of Ferran

Chef Mark Bodinet of Cedarbrook Lodge

Chef John Sarich of Chateau Ste Michelle

Thanks to the IceBag, your Champagne will now always be chilled. Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!

Canada's Crystal Head Vodka, 2011 Double Gold Winner at San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Though Halloween Perfect It's So Much More Than a Pretty Bottle: Fastastic Taste 

Post It Paper Watchbands - How to Remember Anything in Unforgettable Style

     
Kai Young Coconut Shochu - Stunning New Rice 'Vodka' from Vietnam, the Full Flavor of a Coconut in a Bottle!

Mandarian Hotel Group Now Offers Diners the Newest Cyber Currency - Worldwide E-Gift Cards

Qkies Cookies Makes QR Codes So Sweet

Air France Brings Art Aloft with New Menu Covers

The Fantastic "Pure Indulgence" Cuisinart Ice Cream (Sorbet, Sherbets and Iced Drink) Maker!

Moet's Ice Imperial Champagne, a New Summer Favorite at Cannes Film Fetival Designed to Serve on Ice! 

P8tch, Customized Cloth URL patches - Perfect for Website ID Link on a Chef's Knife Roll

Dexter's New Knife Shape, the DuoGlide - An Innovative Design that More Than Makes the Cut & Then Some!

Spring Cupcakes, Perfect for Easter and Beyond, Thanks to Jelly Beans

Vino Solo, Wine Made Elegant, Easy All Out of Doors

Chocolates as Stunning as Rare Jewels from Promise Me Chocolate: Great for Mardi Gras or Elegant Weddings

Microplane's Fantastic New Hard Cheese Mill Exclusively from Williams-Sonoma

Be Enchanted by Red Italian Rosa Regale Sparkling Wine, Perfect with Chocolate for a Rose Themed Wedding

Bella Cupcake Couture Wrappers, Perfect Even in the Mail

Moet & Chandon, the Official Champagne of the Oscars

Hu2 Design,  Art Stickers for the Kitchen 

Dry Fly Vodka of Washington State

Formaticum Cheese Wrapping Paper

New Portability with the Collapsible X-Grill by Picnic Basket

Before there was Champagne, there was Saint-Hilaire, the original sparkling wine

Fantastic Champagne Party Mix from Tastefully Simple

Chilean Winers to Remind Us All of True Courage

Chocolate Christmas Mice from L.A. Burdick

Polish Pottery at Pottery Avenue

Veuve Clicquot Champagne, Still Outstanding After 200 Years!

Simply Postcards Smartphone App

Riedel Wine Glasses Make a Great Taste Difference

Highland Park Whiskey, the Treasure of Scotland 

The Big Green Egg by who else - Big Green Egg

Vacuum Siphon Coffee Pot by Espresso Parts

Monk's Head or Tete de Moine Cheese Slicer by Boska

The Amazing Smoking Gun by Poly Science

Maytag - Great Blue Cheese

Tibos Electric Crepe Maker by Williams-Sonoma

Ukutya Kwasekhaya - Tastes from Nelson Mandela's Kitchen is more than a just a book of recipes. Each dish tells one part of the 20 year journey the Mandela Family's cook traveled on South Africa's path to freedom.

Like Water for Choclate uses Magical Realism to capture the transformative qualities of everyday food and drink into something more. Also consider reading (and enjoying) Joanne Harris' amazing Chocolat.

Seven Fires by Argentine Grill Master Francis Mallmann is a must have book as all things Latin are set to become a major culinary trend.

Kitchen Screts by Raymond Blanc, of BBC Fame (and Harrods!)

Racing to the Table: A Culinary Tour of America by Margaret Guthrie

Que Vivan los Tamales!: Food and the Making of Mexican Identity by Jeffrey M. Pilcher

Food Landscapes by Carl Warner, London's Amazing Commercial Food Photographer (and yes, there is a 2012 Image Calendar for your wall - Happy New Year!)

Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms by Eugenia Bone, So Interesting Even The Wall Street Journal Reviewed It!

Trading Up by Michael J. Silverstein and Neil Fiske, a Must Read for All Who Market Luxury

American Grown by American First Lady Michelle Obama - How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Families, Schools and Communities to Be Released April 10, 2012 by Crown Publishers

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham

Chief Culture Officer by Grant McCracken Explains a Vital New Position

Las Cocinas del Camino de Santiago de Compostela Captures the Essence of this Great Spanish Journey of Discovery

La Cuisine de la République, Cuisinez avec vos députés! (The Cuisine of the Republic: Cook With Your Deputies!) by Françoise Branget

Edomae Sushi: Art, Tradition, Simplicity by Japanese culinary master Kikuo Shimizu

Toast by English Food Writer Nigel Slater

Ritz Carlton's The New Gold Standard by Joseph A. Michelli

The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy by Barry H. Landau

Passions: The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson by James M. Gabler

Thomas Jefferson on Wine by John Hailman

Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance by Damon Lee Flower

Lessons in Excellence by Chef Charlie Trotter

In the Kennedy Style by Letita Baldridge and Chef Rene Verdon

The Art of Vintage: An Aesthetic Odyssey Through 20 Vintage Perrier-Jouet Champagnes by Serena Sutcliffe (Esteemed Director of Sotheby's International Wine Department)

Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Careme, the First Celebrity Chef by Ian Kelly

Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf

Laying the Elegant Table by Ines Heugel

Opera Lover's Cookbook by Culinary Historian Francine Segan

For the Royal Table: Dining at the Palace by Kathryn Jones

Dinner at Buckingham Palace by Charles Oliver, Royal Household Servant

Eating Royally by Private Chef Darren McGrady

The Perfect Finish: Special Desserts For Every Occasion by White House Executive Pastry Chef & Recently Married Bill Yosses, and Co-Author Melinda Clark  

Tihany Design by Adam D. Tihany and Paul Goldberger - Truly Inspiring!

Instructions to the Cook by Bernard Glassman & Rick Fields, a Zen Culinary Treatise About Life, Community & Cooking

Stunning New Restaurant Designs in Super Potato Design: The Complete Works of Takashi Sugimoto, Japan's Leading Interior Designer by Mira Locher and Tadao Andoi

The Blue Ribbon Cook Book by Jennie C. Benedict

The Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook by Chef Albert W.A. Schmid

Truly Mexican: Essential Recipes and Techniques for Authenic Mexican Cooking by Chef Roberto Santibanez - A Must Have Cookbook!

The Complete Robuchon by, of course, Chef Joel Robuchon

Six Senses Cookbook by Aun Koh

Indian Spa Cuisine by Manjit Singh Gill of ITC Hotels Ltd

One Hundred and One Drinks as They are Mixed: Recipes for Cocktails and Other Beverages Served During Prohibition by Kuenzle & Streiff

The Mansion's of Long Island's Gold Coast by Monica Randall

How Italian Food Conquered the World by Esquire Magazine's John F. Mariani

Ferran by Colman Andrews

The Sorcerer's Apprentices by Lisa Abend

The Babbo Cookbook by Chef Mario Batali

The Geometry of Pasta by graphic designer Caz Hildebrand and Chef Jacob Kenedy

Leadership Lessons from a Chef: Finding Time to Be Great by Charles M. Carroll

Bake and Decorate by Fiona Cairns, Creator of Kate Middleton's Wedding Cakes 

The French Laungry Cookbook by Legion of Honor Winner Chef Thomas Keller

The Court of the Two Sisters by Joseph Feinn

Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age by Henri Schindler

Elements of Style by Michael S. Smith, Sought After Designer for Hotels, Oscar Green Room and White House

Oscar Night: 75 Years of Hollywood Parties by Graydon Carter, Editor and David Friend, Editor of Creative Development - Vanity Fair Magazine

Hollywood Cocktails by Tobias & Ben Reed

The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication and Glamour by cultural historian Joan DeJean

Champagne: How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumped Over War and Hard Times by authors Don and Petie Kladstrup

Wine & War: The French, The Nazis and The Battle for France's Greatest Treasure also by Don & Petie Kladstrup

The Big White Book of Weddings by David Tutera

The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste by Elin McCoy

Chocolate Obession by Chef Michael Recchiuti and Fran Gage

The White House Chef Cookbook by Jackie Kennedy's Favorite Chef, Rene Verdon

The Art of the Chocolatier by Master Chef Ewald Notter, National Pastry Team Champion

Flavors of France by Chef Alain Ducasse

Elegant Sufficiency: A Taste of Edwardian Times by Claudia Hyles and Ron Ransey 

The Cheese of Wisconsin: A Culinary Travel Guide by Jeanette Hurt

Wisconsin Cheese: A Cookbook and Guide to the Cheeses of Wisconsin by Martin Hintz and Pam Percy

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano

Secrets from the White House Kitchens by Chef John R. Hanny

Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World by Professor Theodore C. Bestor of Harvard University

The Sushi Economy by Sasha Issenberg

The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels by Terry Scholes and Michael Mondavi

Wine by Design written by Sean Stanwick and Loraine Fowlow

Eating My Words by Mimi Sheraton

As Always, Julia:The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto

The Stork Club Bar Book by bon vivant and culinary critic Lucius Beebe

Punch by David Wondrich

Backstage with Julia by Nancy Verde Barr

Culture, The Chesse Magazine

Les Gouttes de Dieu, French Edition

The Big Green Egg Cookbook

Heart of the Artichoke by David Tanis

Cooking at Home by Chuck Williams & Kristine Kidd

At Home with Madhur Jaffrey by Madhur Jaffrey

Molecular Gastronomy by Herve This

Chef in the Vineyard by John Sarich

Julia Child, A Life by Laura Shapiro

 The Golden Age of Travel by Andrew Williamson

The Herbfarm, a Northwest Culinary Jewel

Copperleaf, Seattle WA

The Hunt Club, Seattle Washington

Terra Vista Restaurant at Snoqualmie Casino, Washington 

King Pacific Lodge, Canada's top resort by Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards for the 4th consecutive year!

The Amazing Bella Sky Comwell Hotel in Copenhagen

The Scenic White Elephant Resort, Site of Big Think's Nantucket Project, a major Global Solution Conference

The Oyster Box Hotel, One of South Africa's Most Elegant Boutique Resort and Favorite of International Celebrity Brides

Blackberry Farm in Restful Walland, TN, Ranked No. 1 Mountain Resort in US and Canada 2011 by Travel + Leisure Magazine

London's Famed Goring Hotel, Totally Princess Perfect!

Charleston Place in Charleston SC

Sofitel Chicago Water Tower minutes from the Magnificent Mile

Cloister at Sea Island on Georgia’s beautiful Atlantic Coast

Fantastic Decor and Cuisine at Tulalip Resort Casino, Washiungton 

Cedarbrook Lodge, Seattle WA

Willard Hotel in Washington DC

Carneros Inn, Napa Valley

Majestic Sorrento Hotel, Seattle Washington

Jumeirah Essex House in New York City