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    Kate Parham

    Kate Parham

  • The world’s most marked-up wines

    We’ve all been there: you’re seated at a restaurant perusing the wine list when you come across your favorite bottle. You know you just saw that same bottle at your local wine store for $15 last week, but they’re charging $30 for it. How can this be? Before you get upset, understand that typical restaurant [...]

  • America’s best izakaya restaurants

    The Spanish have tapas. The Brits, gastropubs. In Greece, it’s mezze. China, dim sum. And in Japan, these shared, small plates are found in izakayas—lively pubs clad with paper lanterns and rambunctious diners. Directly translated to mean “sake shop where you can stay,” these raucous taverns got their start when sake breweries started allowing customers [...]