By Kelly Goodman, Contributing Writer If you like watching chefs at work (and the popularity of cooking competitions on TV show that many do), then you’d love the Food Fight event at the St. Croix Food and Wine Experience.  Two teams, each made up of visiting luminaries and local favorites, competed...

By Kelly Goodman, Contributing Writer If you’re in search of sun and sand, go to St. Croix anytime of the year.  But if your dining cues come from Ruth Reichl, James Beard or Top Chef, then you should go in April, when celebrity chefs invade the island to eat, cook and enjoy the sunshine. The...

Last night marked my first visit to Safeco Field, where Seattle’s Mariners play professional baseball. I’m not a huge fan, but my friend and fellow blogger Meryl Pearlstein and her son are on a mission to see games in every stadium across the country. They scored a free ticket for me. Apparently...

Bravo’s reality show Top Chef is a weekly ritual in our household, so for our second anniversary, my husband and Don decided to go to a restaurant where one of the “chef-testants” works. We chose Volt in Frederick over Zaytiyna downtown, primarily because we like Volt’s owner,...