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Worked hard in all-day meetings in Philly+ate well. Revisiting John's Roast Pork theperfectspotsf.com/2016/06/01/f... confirms how Philly's Dennis Cantwell improved upon it @ Palm City SF www.thebolditalic.com/tbis-top-12-new-restaurants-of-2021. Also confirms John's (still) makes my #1 cheesesteak.
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Worked hard in all-day meetings in Philly+ate well. Revisiting John's Roast Pork theperfectspotsf.com/2016/06/01/f... confirms how Philly's Dennis Cantwell improved upon it @ Palm City SF www.thebolditalic.com/tbis-top-12-new-restaurants-of-2021. Also confirms John's (still) makes my #1 cheesesteak.
1) Inspiring the great dome restaurant in the movie "The Menu" (but no one dies!), there is nothing in the world like
Alchemist restaurant in Copenhagen.
The changing art of the dome —from Big Brother, 1984 George Orwell creepy eyes, to dreamy night skies, rabbit holes & Hans Christian Anderson...
Alchemist restaurant in Copenhagen.
The changing art of the dome —from Big Brother, 1984 George Orwell creepy eyes, to dreamy night skies, rabbit holes & Hans Christian Anderson...
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
1) Inspiring the great dome restaurant in the movie "The Menu" (but no one dies!), there is nothing in the world like
Alchemist restaurant in Copenhagen.
The changing art of the dome —from Big Brother, 1984 George Orwell creepy eyes, to dreamy night skies, rabbit holes & Hans Christian Anderson...
Alchemist restaurant in Copenhagen.
The changing art of the dome —from Big Brother, 1984 George Orwell creepy eyes, to dreamy night skies, rabbit holes & Hans Christian Anderson...
1) At irreverently delightful color-splosion of a restaurant, Shuggie’s, Le Fish Stick is just that: a giant codfish stick utilizing fish offcuts from local fishmongers. Crispy Fish Party is even more fun, whole fish curved, fried, dotted w/ dilly aquafaba, collards & trout roe.
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
1) At irreverently delightful color-splosion of a restaurant, Shuggie’s, Le Fish Stick is just that: a giant codfish stick utilizing fish offcuts from local fishmongers. Crispy Fish Party is even more fun, whole fish curved, fried, dotted w/ dilly aquafaba, collards & trout roe.
Yes, I said Mustard Gin... James May’s eclectic James May's American Mustard Gin, a tribute to the United States with yellow mustard seed and gherkin.
Reviewed in my Distiller Magazine column: distilling.com/distillermag...
(Photo Courtesy of James May Gin)
Reviewed in my Distiller Magazine column: distilling.com/distillermag...
(Photo Courtesy of James May Gin)
New Release Roundup December 2025 | Distiller Magazine
Looking for a new flavor? Need a little help making your next choice at your local bar or bottle shop? Dining and drinks writer and judge Virginia Miller combs through new craft spirits releases to ta...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yes, I said Mustard Gin... James May’s eclectic James May's American Mustard Gin, a tribute to the United States with yellow mustard seed and gherkin.
Reviewed in my Distiller Magazine column: distilling.com/distillermag...
(Photo Courtesy of James May Gin)
Reviewed in my Distiller Magazine column: distilling.com/distillermag...
(Photo Courtesy of James May Gin)
1) Sommelier Paul Einbund & chef Gavin Schmidt’s James Beard-nominated The Morris is an SF treasure. Lucky Oakland now has their second restaurant, Sirene.
The draw is seafood, yo, from creative shellfish charcuterie to outside-the-box crudo. I love these fried anchovies & shishito peppers...
The draw is seafood, yo, from creative shellfish charcuterie to outside-the-box crudo. I love these fried anchovies & shishito peppers...
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
1) Sommelier Paul Einbund & chef Gavin Schmidt’s James Beard-nominated The Morris is an SF treasure. Lucky Oakland now has their second restaurant, Sirene.
The draw is seafood, yo, from creative shellfish charcuterie to outside-the-box crudo. I love these fried anchovies & shishito peppers...
The draw is seafood, yo, from creative shellfish charcuterie to outside-the-box crudo. I love these fried anchovies & shishito peppers...
1) One of my top SF sushi spots has been The Shota. Owner/chef Ingi “Shota” Son opened Shoji in Feb., a cafe by day, sleek bar/restaurant by night.
Though some dishes sounded typical (e.g. ubiquitous tuna tartare), chef Intu-on Kornnawong ensures they're anything but...
Though some dishes sounded typical (e.g. ubiquitous tuna tartare), chef Intu-on Kornnawong ensures they're anything but...
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1) One of my top SF sushi spots has been The Shota. Owner/chef Ingi “Shota” Son opened Shoji in Feb., a cafe by day, sleek bar/restaurant by night.
Though some dishes sounded typical (e.g. ubiquitous tuna tartare), chef Intu-on Kornnawong ensures they're anything but...
Though some dishes sounded typical (e.g. ubiquitous tuna tartare), chef Intu-on Kornnawong ensures they're anything but...
1) The World's 50 Best Discovery restaurant Debora is prime example of how much Bogota's dining scene has grown since my visit in 2018. Chef Jacobo Bonilla focuses on Colombian produce w/ artful presentation+wines curated by Valentino Galán, former somm of Peru’s famed Central, Kjolle, Mil.
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
1) The World's 50 Best Discovery restaurant Debora is prime example of how much Bogota's dining scene has grown since my visit in 2018. Chef Jacobo Bonilla focuses on Colombian produce w/ artful presentation+wines curated by Valentino Galán, former somm of Peru’s famed Central, Kjolle, Mil.
While staying at @25hourshotels.bsky.social Copenhagen Paper Island, a location of Hart Bageri / bakery is a couple minutes walk across the canal & provided me proper breakfasts + espresso over my return to Copenhagen.
Copenhagen's Gifts to the World:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
Copenhagen's Gifts to the World:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
While staying at @25hourshotels.bsky.social Copenhagen Paper Island, a location of Hart Bageri / bakery is a couple minutes walk across the canal & provided me proper breakfasts + espresso over my return to Copenhagen.
Copenhagen's Gifts to the World:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
Copenhagen's Gifts to the World:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
Desserts are an unexpected strength at San Jose's Eos & Nyx. Here, common chocolate budino thankfully goes restrained on butterscotch, enhanced by hazelnut, sea salt & a line of torn mint its “secret” bright note.
Where to eat in the SF Peninsula now:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-e...
Where to eat in the SF Peninsula now:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-e...
December 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Desserts are an unexpected strength at San Jose's Eos & Nyx. Here, common chocolate budino thankfully goes restrained on butterscotch, enhanced by hazelnut, sea salt & a line of torn mint its “secret” bright note.
Where to eat in the SF Peninsula now:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-e...
Where to eat in the SF Peninsula now:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-e...
Daily brunch until 3p, matzo brei quiche, pastrami-egg-cheese bagel sandwiches & rounds of dips: fab house zhug, roasted eggplant, cucumber labneh, hummus + quite good honey bell pepper with za’atar flatbread.
New & tiny Super Mensch is a damn good time:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/bay-area-d...
New & tiny Super Mensch is a damn good time:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/bay-area-d...
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Daily brunch until 3p, matzo brei quiche, pastrami-egg-cheese bagel sandwiches & rounds of dips: fab house zhug, roasted eggplant, cucumber labneh, hummus + quite good honey bell pepper with za’atar flatbread.
New & tiny Super Mensch is a damn good time:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/bay-area-d...
New & tiny Super Mensch is a damn good time:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/bay-area-d...
1) Under last night's cold moon & as we enter another season of Wintering(how I love Katherine May's book of that name!), I recall my Copenhagen trip early this year. What winter in Scandinavia, with its long hours of darkness & hygge coziness, spoke to me virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
1) Under last night's cold moon & as we enter another season of Wintering(how I love Katherine May's book of that name!), I recall my Copenhagen trip early this year. What winter in Scandinavia, with its long hours of darkness & hygge coziness, spoke to me virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
Bornholm native chef Nicolai Nørregaard’s (pictured) Danish ingredients at 2 Michelin/ World's 50 best Kadeau reflect summer growing & winter preservation.
Fermentation, drying, curing, smoking, pickling all play in the preservation menu. In my CPH guide: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
Fermentation, drying, curing, smoking, pickling all play in the preservation menu. In my CPH guide: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Bornholm native chef Nicolai Nørregaard’s (pictured) Danish ingredients at 2 Michelin/ World's 50 best Kadeau reflect summer growing & winter preservation.
Fermentation, drying, curing, smoking, pickling all play in the preservation menu. In my CPH guide: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
Fermentation, drying, curing, smoking, pickling all play in the preservation menu. In my CPH guide: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
1) A playlist from Randy Travis to En Vogue, Waylon Jennings to Tribe Called Quest (my happiness!)
Chicken fried steak, chicken, mushrooms or trout? Then choose sauce: classic white gravy, Memphis honey w/ koolickles or local nod of basil, garlic, Fresno chiles, oyster sauce.
Chicken fried steak, chicken, mushrooms or trout? Then choose sauce: classic white gravy, Memphis honey w/ koolickles or local nod of basil, garlic, Fresno chiles, oyster sauce.
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
1) A playlist from Randy Travis to En Vogue, Waylon Jennings to Tribe Called Quest (my happiness!)
Chicken fried steak, chicken, mushrooms or trout? Then choose sauce: classic white gravy, Memphis honey w/ koolickles or local nod of basil, garlic, Fresno chiles, oyster sauce.
Chicken fried steak, chicken, mushrooms or trout? Then choose sauce: classic white gravy, Memphis honey w/ koolickles or local nod of basil, garlic, Fresno chiles, oyster sauce.
If Waffle House were gourmet, Jewish delis were a drink, bold color dominated and fish and fried chicken were a theme... 4 playful new restaurants having a good time:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/bay-area-d...
@chickenfriedpalace @supermensch_sf @shuggies.world @sirene_oak
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/bay-area-d...
@chickenfriedpalace @supermensch_sf @shuggies.world @sirene_oak
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If Waffle House were gourmet, Jewish delis were a drink, bold color dominated and fish and fried chicken were a theme... 4 playful new restaurants having a good time:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/bay-area-d...
@chickenfriedpalace @supermensch_sf @shuggies.world @sirene_oak
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/bay-area-d...
@chickenfriedpalace @supermensch_sf @shuggies.world @sirene_oak
1) One of the more unusual media trips for me, with a heavy dosage of big chefs and food and drink producers here. Front & center at @f1lasvegas.bsky.social Vegas in the paddock last night watching the cars/drivers pull in & out from just above as they do their qualifying laps along the track…
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
1) One of the more unusual media trips for me, with a heavy dosage of big chefs and food and drink producers here. Front & center at @f1lasvegas.bsky.social Vegas in the paddock last night watching the cars/drivers pull in & out from just above as they do their qualifying laps along the track…
I’m a classic car lover myself but I’m fascinated by the speed, ear-shattering noise and deftness of Formula One cars at my first F1 practice runs last night.
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I’m a classic car lover myself but I’m fascinated by the speed, ear-shattering noise and deftness of Formula One cars at my first F1 practice runs last night.
1) I don't take for granted the crazy invitations that come my way.
Of all things, I' m at @F1 Las Vegas (if you know me, you know I'm not the sporty or scene-y type), on the (closed down for the races) Strip as Formula One drivers from around the globe do practice runs. The sound is so deafening…
Of all things, I' m at @F1 Las Vegas (if you know me, you know I'm not the sporty or scene-y type), on the (closed down for the races) Strip as Formula One drivers from around the globe do practice runs. The sound is so deafening…
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
1) I don't take for granted the crazy invitations that come my way.
Of all things, I' m at @F1 Las Vegas (if you know me, you know I'm not the sporty or scene-y type), on the (closed down for the races) Strip as Formula One drivers from around the globe do practice runs. The sound is so deafening…
Of all things, I' m at @F1 Las Vegas (if you know me, you know I'm not the sporty or scene-y type), on the (closed down for the races) Strip as Formula One drivers from around the globe do practice runs. The sound is so deafening…
1) All in a week's work... the past 2 weeks have been intense and rewarding, working with clients from the Bay Area to Australia. Some of the most hardworking, creative, hospitable people I know with impeccable taste...
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
1) All in a week's work... the past 2 weeks have been intense and rewarding, working with clients from the Bay Area to Australia. Some of the most hardworking, creative, hospitable people I know with impeccable taste...
Made from only two ingredients — organic California Chardonnay verjus (underripe grape juice) and filtered water — the new carbonated non-alcoholic Montara cans are a sunny spin-off from NA wine standout producer Kally.
My review in Distiller Magazine:
distilling.com/distillermag...
My review in Distiller Magazine:
distilling.com/distillermag...
New Release Roundup October 2025 | Distiller Magazine
Looking for a new flavor? Need a little help making your next choice at your local bar or bottle shop? Dining and drinks writer and judge Virginia Miller combs through new craft spirits releases to ta...
distilling.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Made from only two ingredients — organic California Chardonnay verjus (underripe grape juice) and filtered water — the new carbonated non-alcoholic Montara cans are a sunny spin-off from NA wine standout producer Kally.
My review in Distiller Magazine:
distilling.com/distillermag...
My review in Distiller Magazine:
distilling.com/distillermag...
1) What a night in the gorgeous hidden 70s-chic lounge at Ama by Brad Kilgore on Tuesday!
The first of my new dinner series with gifted chef Brad Kilgore, calling on the Sicilian heritage we both share. Sold out with an engaged group of diners...
The first of my new dinner series with gifted chef Brad Kilgore, calling on the Sicilian heritage we both share. Sold out with an engaged group of diners...
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
1) What a night in the gorgeous hidden 70s-chic lounge at Ama by Brad Kilgore on Tuesday!
The first of my new dinner series with gifted chef Brad Kilgore, calling on the Sicilian heritage we both share. Sold out with an engaged group of diners...
The first of my new dinner series with gifted chef Brad Kilgore, calling on the Sicilian heritage we both share. Sold out with an engaged group of diners...
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Best dishes at San Jose's Eos & Nyx from Greek chef Nikos Moulinos include the mezze platter, kama flour-marinated charred fish collar & play on lemon pie laden with lemon, almond & tarragon under strawberry meringue.
Where to eat in Silicon Valley now: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-e...
Where to eat in Silicon Valley now: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-e...
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Best dishes at San Jose's Eos & Nyx from Greek chef Nikos Moulinos include the mezze platter, kama flour-marinated charred fish collar & play on lemon pie laden with lemon, almond & tarragon under strawberry meringue.
Where to eat in Silicon Valley now: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-e...
Where to eat in Silicon Valley now: virginiamiller.substack.com/p/where-to-e...
Even better with... A classic Pink Squirrel with Tempus Fugit Spirits Cremé de Noyeaux and a 20th Century with their Cremé de Cacao at Horsefeather #SF.
(More on Horsefeather: theperfectspotsf.com/2021/01/01/d...)
(More on Horsefeather: theperfectspotsf.com/2021/01/01/d...)
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Even better with... A classic Pink Squirrel with Tempus Fugit Spirits Cremé de Noyeaux and a 20th Century with their Cremé de Cacao at Horsefeather #SF.
(More on Horsefeather: theperfectspotsf.com/2021/01/01/d...)
(More on Horsefeather: theperfectspotsf.com/2021/01/01/d...)
1) Yesterday's post-rain morning ramble among the redwoods, after journaling & contemplative time by the fireplace & at this desk overlooking the garden in cozy 1905 Olive's Cottage at Dawn Ranch.
Two decades in, I don't take for granted that my blessed work allows me to taste the world's beauty...
Two decades in, I don't take for granted that my blessed work allows me to taste the world's beauty...
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
1) Yesterday's post-rain morning ramble among the redwoods, after journaling & contemplative time by the fireplace & at this desk overlooking the garden in cozy 1905 Olive's Cottage at Dawn Ranch.
Two decades in, I don't take for granted that my blessed work allows me to taste the world's beauty...
Two decades in, I don't take for granted that my blessed work allows me to taste the world's beauty...
At 3 Michelin Jordanaer in Copenhagen, I fell for husband-wife Tina & Eric Kragh Vildgaard, for chef Eric's artfully delicious food, the soothing space, classic rock vinyl soundtrack+my cozy chef's table surrounded by Champagne fridges.
In my CPH guide:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
In my CPH guide:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
At 3 Michelin Jordanaer in Copenhagen, I fell for husband-wife Tina & Eric Kragh Vildgaard, for chef Eric's artfully delicious food, the soothing space, classic rock vinyl soundtrack+my cozy chef's table surrounded by Champagne fridges.
In my CPH guide:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...
In my CPH guide:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/copenhagen...