May 2010

Features

• Paula Wolfert Rediscovers Marrakech

  How does legendary author Paula Wolfert coax so many great Mediterranean recipes from so many great cooks? "By hugging, kissing and measuring spoons," she proclaims. She returns to Marrakech to search out the city's best new dishes.

• Red Wine & Vegetables: Friends or Foes?

  Randall Grahm of California's Bonny Doon Vineyard made his name with robust Rhône-style reds—classic partners to hearty meat dishes. But winery chef Charlie Parker shows how to make vegetable matches that work.

• Kissed by Chocolate

  These recipes from F&W's Test Kitchen are the best-ever versions of homey sweets—all with a little, or a lot, of chocolate (recipes at right).

• Canada's Wine & Food

  Here, 15 reasons to head north, from a sommelier who hunts for Canada's best wine (undeterred by rattlesnakes) to a 19-year-old chef prodigy creating startlingly original food.

• Editor's Letter

• 25+ Food & Culture Experiences in Cities Across the U.S.

  Top destinations in Oakland, California; Chicago; Washington, DC; Dallas; Miami; and New York City.

• A Madly Stylish Party in New Orleans

  Actor Bryan Batt downs martini after martini on TV's 1960s-era Mad Men. He also loves having cocktails at home in New Orleans. He celebrates the city's great cocktails and great style with a party in his old carriage house.

• Steak Video Player

• Where to Sleep, Drink and Eat in Michigan Wine Country

• Taco World

  First it was burgers. Then pizza. Now, American chefs are obsessed with tacos. F&W offers an extraordinary taco tasting, from hot spots like a Pepto-pink truck in Los Angeles and a self-proclaimed "hillbilly dive" in Chicago.

• Michigan: In Defense of B-List Wine Country

  Michigan wine country is no Napa (far from it) but it does produce some wonderful bottlings. Throw in hyper-local restaurants and gorgeous vistas, and the result is a surprisingly satisfying travel experience.