The Danubian Spirit

The German-speaking area of Europe – from east to west Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Alsace – are revered for their noble Riesling; less well-known is their fine Schnaps, the majority

Food & Beverage | Gourmet ganja? Marijuana dining is growing up, slowly

How to set a tone of woodsy chic at a four-course candlelight dinner served under the stars in the Colorado foothills: Live musicians and flowers, check. Award-winning cuisine, check. Beer and wine pairings

Paris week Fashion heist

The Louis Vuitton red carpet was rolled out at the historic Place Vendome for a much-needed happy ending to a Paris Fashion Week marred by the multimillion-dollar heist of Kim Kardashian

Riveting ‘Deepwater Horizon’ captivates throughout

  We all know how “Deepwater Horizon “ ends. When the BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, 11 people died and millions of gallons of oil

Dublin’s murder squad hunts for a killer in ‘The Trespasser’

Though Detective Antoinette Conway always dreamed of working in the murder squad, now that she's made it to the Dublin Castle grounds where Ireland's best detectives track down killers, she

Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir delivers earthy solo effort

The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, showing more than a little touch of grey at age 68, delivers a heartfelt and earthy solo record with "Blue Mountain." It's Weir's first solo effort

NEWS OF THE WORLD | Vuitton gives star-filled happy ending to dark Paris season

In lauded designer Nicolas Ghesquiere’s finest collection since restyling the house in 2013, the French designer exposed his passion for the 1980s and riffed on science fiction. Big hair, big shoulders,

The Kosher Libation

Situated along the east coast of the Mediterranean or the western edge of Asia, Israel is surrounded clockwise by Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. This narrow strip of land used

Food & Beverage | US farmers make foray into quinoa as demand for grain grows

To the south of Nash Huber’s farm fields are the Olympic Mountains, peaking at nearly 8,000 feet. Due north is the end of a channel of Pacific Ocean waters that

Trump Academy

* Movies: Denial * Books: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen * Music: Artscience  by Robert Glasper Experiment * Wine: The Prussian Red * Food & Beverage: General Mills tweaks big brands: more cinnamon,

A Holocaust denier is brought to justice in ‘Denial’

Mick Jackson's "Denial" brings all the decorous polish of a British courtroom drama to the pungent libel case of a Holocaust denier. Based on Deborah Lipstadt's book "History on Trial: My

Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ takes readers on riveting ride

Bruce Springsteen's life is now officially an open book. The autobiography "Born to Run" takes readers on a riveting ride through the everyman rock star's deeply lived existence. Springsteen, who scrawled his

Robert Glasper Experiment genre hops on ‘ArtScience’

The Robert Glasper Experiment hoists a jazz sail on "ArtScience" for a spirited cruise on seas of soul, dance, funk and pop. Recorded in New Orleans in two weeks, the band

NEWS OF THE WORLD | Trump’s old military prep school looks overseas for renewal

While Donald Trump talks tough about dealing with China, his old military prep school is building bridges to that country. The New York Military Academy began classes this fall with new

The Prussian Red

The 10th largest (by volume) wine-producing country worldwide, Germany has a total of 13 wine regions, five of which – Saale-­Unstrut, Ahr, Sachsen, Mittelrhein and Hessische Bergstraße – are miniscule,

Food & Beverage | General Mills tweaks big brands: More cinnamon, more protein

Sprinkle more cinnamon on Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, switch to antibiotic-free chicken for Progresso soups, pump up the protein in Yoplait yogurts. Those are some of the tactics General Mills

Oh Britannia!

  * Movies: The Magnificent Seven * Books: Home by Harlan Coben * Music: Braver Than We Are by Meat Loaf * Wine: The Buyer’s Caveat * Food & beverage: Negative online reviews are double-edge

‘The Magnificent Seven’ rides again, with more guns

Deciding to remake “The Magnificent Seven” with a fresh batch of movie stars is certainly no sin. John Sturges’ 1960 tome, itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s classic “Seven Samurai,”

Meat Loaf, Steinman reunite on ‘Braver Than We Are’

The cover of "Braver Than We Are" bears two names, those of rock belter Meat Loaf and songwriter Jim Steinman. It's a rare writer who gets his name front and center,

‘Home’ by Harlan Coben is suspenseful & twisty tale

Fans of Harlan Coben will be thrilled to learn that he brings back his iconic series character Myron Bolitar to tackle a mystery over 10 years old in "Home." Bolitar's best

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