My friend Michael Brook served up these mini pulled pork sliders at his new years eve party…

My multi-talented friend David Newsom spent the last six weeks in Alaska as a shooter on the World’s Deadliest Catch. When he came back to town, he carted along 17 pounds of flash frozen Alaskan King Crab legs…

This seasonal pumpkin pizza from Pitfire Pizza…

At the risk of championing another chardonnay, I can’t help but be enthusiastic about one of the great California benchmarks of this varietal. honey, honey, honey. yum

5 a.m., Hong Kong.

Wow. What a long, strange couple of weeks it’s been of celebrated faces and crazy travel. It all started 12 days ago in New York City where I found myself sitting in a make up chair for the Today Show next to Dee Sneider. This was an auspicious beginning to a week of promoting my new cookbook/memoir (as it has been called) because before I my accidental food career began, I was in the music biz, and one of my first jobs was being the “T-shirt puke” for Twisted Sister.

Fried chicken at Hill Country Chicken, NYC. The crispiest, most succulent, fried chicken i’ve tasted in ages. And don’t even get me started on their pies!

It’s a tradition amongst professional cyclists that after the most important races are over, the team leaders switch roles and act as domestiques (the French cycling term for worker bees who pave the way for their leaders), for the team members who support them…

Eden ice cider. similar to ice wine or Sauternes, but made from heirloom apples. tastes like liquid…

Cinnamon swirl pancakes at the Shelburne Farms Inn, a heritage property in Shelburne, VT…

I enjoyed this this stunning bottle of Sonoma cab at the Hollywood Bowl last night. Believe me, the fireworks in the bottle were far more impressive than those on stage. It is technically a cab because of it’s 75% cabernet content, but the remaining 25% Malbec makes it more of a Bordeaux-style blend.