We Ate More Than Cakes: Richard Lachmann’s Restaurant Reviews in Vienna and Salzburg
Reviews of the restaurants where we ate in Vienna and Salzburg, including two that received Michelin stars.
New Choices Abound in 2017: Richard Lachmann’s Lisbon Restaurant Reviews
The restaurant scene in Lisbon is getting more interesting and exciting year by year, as described in this 2017 roundup of seafood, Indian, desserts, and more.
Celebrating Greek Cuisine: A Guest Post by Richard Lachmann
Guest post by much-loved restaurant reviewer Richard Lachmann, reporting on a tasting of organic food and wine from Greece.
Films for the Resistance: Burning Bush
How Burning Bush, a film set in Communist Czechoslovakia in 1969, is relevant to our lives today.
The Dearly Departed
Parallels between my favorite eateries that have gone out of business and fresh, brave small press publishers of young adult books that couldn't survive.
Beyond Corned Beef and Cabbage: Eating Our Way Through Ireland
Richard Lachmann's roundup of notable new restaurants in various cities and towns of Ireland.
Richard Reviews Restaurants…in Porto and Coimbra
Visiting Porto for the fourth time, and a roundup of new restaurants for the influx of tourists to this up-and-coming destination.
Dining in Lisbon 2016: A Guest Post by Richard Lachmann
The 2016 annual roundup of Lisbon restaurants, with some impressive new entries and a couple of dear departed favorites for pastries.
Key Change cast at a Q & A after the show, from left: Christina Berriman Dawson (Kelly), Cheryl Dixon (Lucy), Catrina McHugh (playwright), Judi Earl (Kim), and Jessica Johnson (Angie).
Prison Writers and Key Change
In preparing to offer writing workshops to incarcerated teens, I was inspired by the play Key Change, about women in prison in the UK.
Guest Post: Richard Lachmann Dines in Venice and Florence
Blog food reviewer Richard Lachmann's roundup of the restaurants we visited on our trip to Venice and Florence.