Travel: Culinary Archives | Brad A. Johnson

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

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

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)

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!

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

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

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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Where to Eat in Mexico City, part 2

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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Travel: Culinary

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

Quick Look: Niner Wine Estates, Paso Robles

Blackbird, Chicago 1997 – 2020 (RIP)

Australia’s Winter Truffles are in Season. Get Some While You Can!

The Disappearing Art and Rhythm of Chinese Tea in Hong Kong

Cocktail Recipe: Jasmine Sour Martini from Taj Falaknuma Palace

10-Second Review: El Tizoncito, Mexico City

10-Second Review: Chetito, Mexico City

Quick Look: Hao, Zihuatanejo

Where to Eat in Mexico City, part 2