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Brad A Johnson
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Travel: Culinary

97 posts

Best Travel Blog! Best Culinary Travel! Best Travel Photography! And this just in: Finalist, Food Photographer of the Year

  • April 1, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
Awards season is here, and it has been a very good year indeed for this blog. My sincerest thanks to all the judges around the world for taking the time to consider my work.
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Quick Look: Niner Wine Estates, Paso Robles

  • August 15, 2020
  • Brad A. Johnson
The Niner Wine Estates in Paso Robles is nestled into the dramatic lower slope of Heart Hill, a picturesque vineyard of cabernet sauvignon, malbec and petit verdot.
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Blackbird, Chicago 1997 – 2020 (RIP)

  • July 3, 2020
  • Brad A. Johnson
Chicago’s Blackbird has closed. The restaurant announced this week that they were closing permanently, unable to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.  This sucks. I don’t live in Chicago anymore, so I…
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Australia’s Winter Truffles are in Season. Get Some While You Can!

  • June 17, 2020
  • Brad A. Johnson
Although it’s summertime here in the United States, it is winter in Australia, where black truffle season is underway. The black truffle that grows so beautifully in Manjimup,  Western Australia, is the…
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The Disappearing Art and Rhythm of Chinese Tea in Hong Kong

  • April 27, 2020
  • Brad A. Johnson
There is a mystical quality to the tea ceremony that becomes clearer only with practice and time, but the art of Chinese tea is fading. Sadly, most of Hong Kong’s traditional tea shops have disappeared. I’ve been thinking a lot about Chinese tea lately...
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Cocktail Recipe: Jasmine Sour Martini from Taj Falaknuma Palace

  • April 11, 2020
  • Brad A. Johnson
If you've got a jasmine bush in your yard (and the jasmine is blooming throughout Los Angeles at the moment), or if perhaps your neighbor has one... Make this drink! This...
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10-Second Review: El Tizoncito, Mexico City

  • October 5, 2019
  • Brad A. Johnson
El Tizoncito has been making charcoal-fired tacos al pastor in Mexico City since 1966. Here's a quick look.
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10-Second Review: Chetito, Mexico City

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Quick Look: Hao, Zihuatanejo

  • September 8, 2019
  • Brad A. Johnson
Miguel Baltazar is one of Mexico’s brightest rising-star chefs. Here’s a quick look at Hao, one of the restaurants he oversees at the new Thompson Zihuatanejo.
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Where to Eat in Mexico City, part 2

  • September 6, 2019
  • Brad A. Johnson
Mexico’s dining scene is on fire right now. And has been for awhile. This is easily one of the hottest fine-dining restaurant cultures in all of the Americas.
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Feeling blessed. Out of more than 10,000 entries from 70 countries, I've been shortlisted in two categories in the 2021 Food Photographer of the Year competition. Thank you, @foodphotoaward ⁠⁠ 97 18
Maybe I’m biased because I grew up eating this kind of sausage from the old German smokehouses in the Texas Hill Country, but I believe the dry hunter sausages from Central Europe — landjäeger, gyulai, cabanossi and the like — are some of the best charcuterie in the world. And I finally found them in OC at Mattern Sausage Deli in Orange. Story online now at ocregister.com @ocregister⁠⁠ 99 6
How to gain 5 pounds in 1 week. ⁠⁠ 168 30
When's the last time your poured yourself a purple drank? ⁠⁠ 181 8
It’s starting to look like a light at the end of this dark tunnel. Please get vaccinated as soon as you can, and continue to keep others safe and comfortable even after you’ve gotten your shots. This isn't over. ⁠⁠ 160 13
Daydreaming of New York. If you get a chance, pick up a copy of the @ocregister newspaper today. It explains my recent posts. 50 2
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